How to determine the primitive type of a primitive variable?

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Try the following:

int i = 20;
float f = 20.2f;
System.out.println(((Object)i).getClass().getName());
System.out.println(((Object)f).getClass().getName());

It will print:

java.lang.Integer
java.lang.Float

As for instanceof, you could use its dynamic counterpart Class#isInstance:

Integer.class.isInstance(20);  // true
Integer.class.isInstance(20f); // false
Integer.class.isInstance("s"); // false

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