Question : checking object reference

I ran one example which gave out put as
it is an animal!
 
class Animal {
  public Animal(String aType) {
    type = aType;
  }
  public String toString() {
    return "This is a " + type;
  }
  private String type;
}
public class Class2 {
  public static void main(String[] a) {
    Animal pet = new Animal("a");
    if (pet.getClass() == Animal.class) {
      System.out.println("it is an animal!");
    }
  }
}
 It was given that this program
 Checking whether the object referenced was of type String. I did not get where we are checking whether the object referenced was of type String .

Any links, sample code, ideas, resources highly appreciated. thanks in advance
 
 

Answer : checking object reference

Broadcom definately has a utility for this.  Check your server vendor website first before using the Broadcom generic install though.