Class.forName with instance checks in Kotlin

Question

Is it possible to use instance checks (i.e. x is String checks in Kotlin) when using Class.forName()? I want to apply this to a class that is only available at runtime, not at compile time.

MWE:

val x = "banana"
val specialClass = Class.forName("org.company.specialclass.at.runtime")

x is specialClass

However, I get unresolved reference on specialClass. Any ideas?

Answer 1

The function isInstance may help:

Class.forName("java.lang.String").isInstance("txt") //true

Here you can find the documentation for isInstance.