public static int instanceOf(Object o,Class<?> c){
  if (o == null)   return FALSE;
  return c.isAssignableFrom(o.getClass()) ? TRUE : FALSE;
}

public static int instanceOf ( Object o , Class < ? > c ) { if ( o == null ) return FALSE ; return c . isAssignableFrom ( o . getClass ( ) ) ? TRUE : FALSE ; }
replacement function for the java instanceof instruction , which returns a distance integer
