How can I test if an instance is a specific class or type in Swift?

Question

Objective-C has two methods to test if an object is an instance of a specific class or a subclass:

- (BOOL)isMemberOfClass:(Class)aClass;

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of a given class.

- (BOOL)isKindOfClass:(Class)aClass;

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is an instance of given class or an instance of any class that inherits from that class.

In Swift I can test for the latter by using the is operator:

if myVariable is UIView {
    println( "I'm a UIView!")
}

if myVariable is MyClass {
    println( "I'm a MyClass" )
}

How can I test if an instance is a specific class or type in Swift (even when dealing with no NSObject subclasses)?

Note: I'm aware of func object_getClassName(obj: AnyObject!) -> UnsafePointer<Int8>.

Answer 1

See my answer at (possible duplicate) https://stackoverflow.com/a/26365978/195691: It's now possible to compare identity of dynamic types in Swift:

myVariable.dynamicType === MyClass.self