Check whether a java instance is belonging to a class

Methods used to check whether a instance belong to a specific class.

Method 1:

instance of

if (m instanceof TestMain)

Method 2: when we known class name

instance.getClass().getName().equals(classname)

Method 3: when we know a class object

instance.getClass().equals(c)

Code sample:

This code sample will get 4 true return value.

package com.company.test;

public class TestMain {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
  TestMain m = new TestMain();
  
  System.out.println(m.checkClass1());
  System.out.println(m.checkClass21("com.company.test.TestMain"));
  System.out.println(m.checkClass22("com.company.test.TestMain"));
  System.out.println(m.checkClass3(m.getClass()));
 }

 public boolean checkClass1() {
  TestMain m = new TestMain();
  if (m instanceof TestMain) {
   return true;
  } else {
   return false;
  }
 }
 
 public boolean checkClass21(String classname) {
  TestMain m = new TestMain();
  if (m.getClass().getName().equals(classname)) {
   return true;
  } else {
   return false;
  }
 }

 public boolean checkClass22(String classname) {
  TestMain m = new TestMain();
  
  try {
   Class c = Class.forName(classname);
   if (m.getClass() == c) {
    return true;
   } else {
    return false;
   }
  } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  return false;
 }
 
 
 public boolean checkClass3(Class c) {
  TestMain m = new TestMain();
  if (m.getClass().equals(c)) {
   return true;
  } else {
   return false;
  }
 }
}