From 16e68ac1bc77548242ee37d332da9b05c14a0ef9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Perkins <cwperx@amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2023 09:32:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Use instanceof

Signed-off-by: Craig Perkins <cwperx@amazon.com>
---
 src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/User.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/User.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/User.java
index 12d916354d..6abba3d734 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/user/User.java
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public final boolean equals(final Object obj) {
         if (obj == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (!(User.class.isAssignableFrom(getClass()) && User.class.isAssignableFrom(obj.getClass()))) {
+        if (!(obj instanceof User)) {
             return false;
         }
         final User other = (User) obj;