java - How can I know if Object is String type object?

Question

I have to know if Object is String or any other class type, how can I do it? Currently I do it like below, but its not very good coding.

try {
    String myString = (String) object;
    // do stuff here
} catch(Exception e) {
    // it wasn't string, so just continue
}

Answer 1

 object instanceof Type

is true if the object is a Type or a subclass of Type

 object.getClass().equals(Type.class) 

is true only if the object is a Type