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The instanceof in java is also known as type <i>comparison operator</i>because it compares the instance with type. It returns either true or false. If we apply the instanceof operator with any variable that has null value, it returns false.</div>
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Simple example of java instanceof</h3>
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Let's see the simple example of instance operator where it tests the current class.</div>
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<pre>Output:true
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An object of subclass type is also a type of parent class. For example, if Dog extends Animal then object of Dog can be referred by either Dog or Animal class.</div>
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Another example of java instanceof operator</h2>
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<pre>Output:true
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instanceof in java with a variable that have null value</h2>
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If we apply instanceof operator with a variable that have null value, it returns false. Let's see the example given below where we apply instanceof operator with the variable that have null value.</div>
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<pre>Output:false
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Downcasting with java instanceof operator</h2>
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When Subclass type refers to the object of Parent class, it is known as downcasting. If we perform it directly, compiler gives Compilation error. If you perform it by typecasting, ClassCastException is thrown at runtime. But if we use instanceof operator, downcasting is possible.</div>
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If we perform downcasting by typecasting, ClassCastException is thrown at runtime.</div>
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Possibility of downcasting with instanceof</h3>
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Let's see the example, where downcasting is possible by instanceof operator.</div>
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<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  <span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">static</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">void</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> method(Animal a) {  </span></span></li>
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<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">       Dog3 d=(Dog3)a;<span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//downcasting</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
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<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  <span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">public</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">static</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">void</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> main (String [] args) {  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">    Animal a=<span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">new</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Dog3();  </span></span></li>
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<pre>Output:ok downcasting performed
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Downcasting without the use of java instanceof</h3>
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Downcasting can also be performed without the use of instanceof operator as displayed in the following example:</div>
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<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">       Dog4 d=(Dog4)a;<span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//downcasting</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
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<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">    Animal a=<span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">new</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Dog4();  </span></span></li>
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<pre>Output:ok downcasting performed
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Let's take closer look at this, actual object that is referred by a, is an object of Dog class. So if we downcast it, it is fine. But what will happen if we write:</div>
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Understanding Real use of instanceof in java</h3>
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Let's see the real use of instanceof keyword by the example given below.</div>
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<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">class</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Call{  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">void</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> invoke(Printable p){</span><span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//upcasting</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">if</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(p </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">instanceof</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> A){  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A a=(A)p;<span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//Downcasting </span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">a.a();  </span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">if</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">(p </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">instanceof</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> B){  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">B b=(B)p;<span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//Downcasting </span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">b.b();  </span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}<span class="comment" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #008200; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">//end of Call class</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">class</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Test4{  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">public</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">static</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">void</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> main(String args[]){  </span></span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Printable p=<span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">new</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> B();  </span></span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Call c=<span class="keyword" style="background-color: inherit; border: none; color: #006699; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">new</span><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Call();  </span></span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">c.invoke(p);  </span></li>
<li class="" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
<li class="alt" style="border: none; font-family: Verdana; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 1.5; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 3px 0px 10px !important; width: 845.453125px;"><span style="background-color: inherit; border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">}  </span></li>
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<pre>Output: b method</pre>
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