protected static boolean isAssignableFrom(Class srcType, Class destType) {
    return destType.isAssignableFrom(srcType);
  }
Determines if the Class represented by the first parameter is either the same as, or is a
superclass or superinterface of, the class or interface represented by the second parameter.

@param srcType the class to be checked.
@param destType the class to be checked against.
@return the {@code boolean} value indicating whether objects of the type {@code srcType} can be
        assigned to objects of type {@code destType} .
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/cache/query/internal/types/TypeUtils.java