java.lang.Class.asSubclass()

package com.codingdict;



import java.lang.*;



public class ClassDemo {



   public static void main(String[] args) {



     try {

         ClassDemo cls = new ClassDemo();

         ClassDemo subcls = new SubClass1(); 



         // class ClassDemo

         Class c = cls.getClass(); 

         System.out.println(c);



         // sub class SubClass1

         Class c1 = subcls.getClass();

         System.out.println(c1);



         // represent a subclass of the specified class object

         Class retval = c1.asSubclass(c);



         System.out.println(retval);

      } catch(ClassCastException e) {

         System.out.println(e.toString());

      }

   }

}



class SubClass1 extends ClassDemo {

   // sub class

}