Java - is there a "subclassof" like instanceof?

Question

Im overriding an equals() method and I need to know if the object is an instance of a Event's subclass (Event is the superclass). I want something like "obj subclassof Event". How can this be made?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

instanceof can handle that just fine.

Answer 2

With the following code you can check if an object is a class that extends Event but isn't an Event class instance itself.

if(myObject instanceof Event && myObject.getClass() != Event.class) {     // then I'm an instance of a subclass of Event, but not Event itself } 

By default instanceof checks if an object is of the class specified or a subclass (extends or implements) at any level of Event.