这是@schuttek的答案的改进版本。改进的原因是它正确地为原语返回false(例如isSubclassOf(int.class, Object.class) => false)，也正确地处理接口(例如isSubclassOf(HashMap.class, Map.class) => true)。

static public boolean isSubclassOf(final Class<?> clazz, final Class<?> possibleSuperClass)
{
    if (clazz == null || possibleSuperClass == null)
    {
        return false;
    }
    else if (clazz.equals(possibleSuperClass))
    {
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        final boolean isSubclass = isSubclassOf(clazz.getSuperclass(), possibleSuperClass);

        if (!isSubclass && clazz.getInterfaces() != null)
        {
            for (final Class<?> inter : clazz.getInterfaces())
            {
                if (isSubclassOf(inter, possibleSuperClass))
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        return isSubclass;
    }
}

这对我来说很管用:

protected boolean isTypeOf(String myClass, Class<?> superClass) {
    boolean isSubclassOf = false;
    try {
        Class<?> clazz = Class.forName(myClass);
        if (!clazz.equals(superClass)) {
            clazz = clazz.getSuperclass();
            isSubclassOf = isTypeOf(clazz.getName(), superClass);
        } else {
            isSubclassOf = true;
        }

    } catch(ClassNotFoundException e) {
        /* Ignore */
    }
    return isSubclassOf;
}

/ /继承

    class A {
      int i = 10;
      public String getVal() {
        return "I'm 'A'";
      }
    }

    class B extends A {
      int j = 20;
      public String getVal() {
        return "I'm 'B'";
      }
    }

    class C extends B {
        int k = 30;
        public String getVal() {
          return "I'm 'C'";
        }
    }

/ /方法

    public static boolean isInheritedClass(Object parent, Object child) {
      if (parent == null || child == null) {
        return false;
      } else {
        return isInheritedClass(parent.getClass(), child.getClass());
      }
    }

    public static boolean isInheritedClass(Class<?> parent, Class<?> child) {
      if (parent == null || child == null) {
        return false;
      } else {
        if (parent.isAssignableFrom(child)) {
          // is child or same class
          return parent.isAssignableFrom(child.getSuperclass());
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      }
    }

//测试代码

    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(new A(), new B()):" + isInheritedClass(new A(), new B()));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(new A(), new C()):" + isInheritedClass(new A(), new C()));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(new A(), new A()):" + isInheritedClass(new A(), new A()));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(new B(), new A()):" + isInheritedClass(new B(), new A()));


    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(A.class, B.class):" + isInheritedClass(A.class, B.class));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(A.class, C.class):" + isInheritedClass(A.class, C.class));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(A.class, A.class):" + isInheritedClass(A.class, A.class));
    System.out.println("isInheritedClass(B.class, A.class):" + isInheritedClass(B.class, A.class));

/ /结果

    isInheritedClass(new A(), new B()):true
    isInheritedClass(new A(), new C()):true
    isInheritedClass(new A(), new A()):false
    isInheritedClass(new B(), new A()):false
    isInheritedClass(A.class, B.class):true
    isInheritedClass(A.class, C.class):true
    isInheritedClass(A.class, A.class):false
    isInheritedClass(B.class, A.class):false

除了@To-kra的回答。如果有人不喜欢递归:

    public static boolean isSubClassOf(Class<?> clazz, Class<?> superClass) {
        if(Object.class.equals(superClass)) {
            return true;
        }

        for(; !Object.class.equals(clazz); clazz = clazz.getSuperclass()) {
            if(clazz.getSuperclass().equals(superClass)) {
                return true;
            }
        }

        return false;
    }

注意:没有空检查的清晰度。

另一个选项是instanceof:

Object o =...
if (o instanceof Number) {
  double d = ((Number)o).doubleValue(); //this cast is safe
}

这是@schuttek的答案的改进版本。改进的原因是它正确地为原语返回false(例如isSubclassOf(int.class, Object.class) => false)，也正确地处理接口(例如isSubclassOf(HashMap.class, Map.class) => true)。

static public boolean isSubclassOf(final Class<?> clazz, final Class<?> possibleSuperClass)
{
    if (clazz == null || possibleSuperClass == null)
    {
        return false;
    }
    else if (clazz.equals(possibleSuperClass))
    {
        return true;
    }
    else
    {
        final boolean isSubclass = isSubclassOf(clazz.getSuperclass(), possibleSuperClass);

        if (!isSubclass && clazz.getInterfaces() != null)
        {
            for (final Class<?> inter : clazz.getInterfaces())
            {
                if (isSubclassOf(inter, possibleSuperClass))
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
        }

        return isSubclass;
    }
}