Re: Interface instanceof

From:
"gk" <srcjnu@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
14 Sep 2006 10:57:14 -0700
Message-ID:
<1158256634.384046.49330@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
what about t ?

Oliver Wong wrote:

"gk" <srcjnu@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1158251720.896030.224920@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...

interface MyInterface {

}

public class MyInstanceTest implements MyInterface {

static String s;

public static void main(String args[]) {

MyInstanceTest t = new MyInstanceTest();

if (t instanceof MyInterface) {

System.out.println("I am true interface");

} else {

System.out.println("I am false interface");

}

if (s instanceof String) {

System.out.println("I am true String");

} else {

System.out.println("I am false String");

}

}

}

output:

I am true interface
I am false String

this is quite confusing.


[...]

is this if block is false because of s is not created via new operator
?


    It's false because s is null, and null is considered to not be an
instanceof anything (not even Object).

    - Oliver

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