because I don't have `SomeClass`, but only an inst...

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[dead.fish]

because I don't have SomeClass, but only an instance (actually an object) of that class

[edwardwongtl]

So you mean something like object:SomeClass? or something else?

[dead.fish]

yes

[edwardwongtl]

I don't think you need to own SomeClass in order to do is SomeClass, as long as you have that dependency in your project.

[arekolek]

I think he meant he doesn't have the information at runtime, not that the class is one written by him

[Rafael Chaves]

@dead.fish KClass.isInstance()? https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.reflect/-k-class/is-instance.html

[dead.fish]

...which uses the big kotlin-reflect package 🙂

[dead.fish]

I settled down using javaClass.isInstance() for now, seemed easier for this single use case