What is the C# equivalent to Java's isInstance()?

c# reflection introspection instanceof
diegogs picture diegogs · Nov 12, 2008 · Viewed 73.7k times · Source

I know of is and as for instanceof, but what about the reflective isInstance() method?

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Ana Betts picture Ana Betts · Nov 12, 2008 
bool result = (obj is MyClass); // Better than using 'as'

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