You cannot use a java.lang.Class object reference. : instanceof Operator « Operators « SCJP

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public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    MyClass myObject = new MyClass();
    MyAnotherClass myObject2 = new MyAnotherClass();

    if (myObject instanceof java.lang.Class) {
      System.out.println("myobject is an instance of MyAnotherClass");
    }

  }
}

class MyClass {

}

class MyAnotherClass extends MyClass {
}

Incompatible conditional operand types MyClass and Class