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Elaborate the legal operands of the instance of operator in java?
The instanceof operator in Java is used to find whether a reference is an instance of a Type i.e. class or an interface.
Example
public class InstanceOfExample { public static void main(String args[]) { String str = "hello"; boolean bool = str instanceof String; System.out.println(bool); } }
Output
true
Legal operands of the instanceof operator
The following are the only legal operands of the instanceof operator −
- Left operand − It must be a reference representing an object.
- Right operand − It must be the name of Java class or, interface.
Except these two if you use any other operands a compile time error will be generated.
public class InstanceOfExample { public static void main(String args[]) { int i =20; boolean bool = i instanceof String; System.out.println(bool); } }
Compile time error
InstanceOfExample.java:4: error: unexpected type boolean bool = i instanceof String; ^ required: reference found: int 1 error
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