How to compare an Object of type class?

Question

Hi,
I got a generic array and want to check which class it contains.
Now i tried to use
Class c = T[0].getClass();and later
if(c instanceof Float){
}but this don't work.
So how to compare two instances of Class?
Maybe by looking for the name of the class and compare them?
regards.
Olek

Answer 1

import java.util.*;
public class WorksForMe {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>();
        list.add(Float.valueOf(17));
        Class<?> cls = list.get(0).getClass();
        System.out.println(Float.class.equals(cls)); //true
        System.out.println(Float.class == cls); //true
}But again, it's best to avoid this kind of case analysis.