Java tutorial
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Person p = new Person("A"); Animal a = new Animal("B"); Thing t = new Thing("C"); String text = "hello"; Integer number = 1000; List<Object> list = new ArrayList<Object>(); list.add(p); list.add(a); list.add(t); list.add(text); list.add(number); for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) { Object o = list.get(i); if (o instanceof Person) { System.out.println("My name is " + ((Person) o).getName()); } else if (o instanceof Animal) { System.out.println("I live in " + ((Animal) o).getHabitat()); } else if (o instanceof Thing) { System.out.println("My color is " + ((Thing) o).getColor()); } else if (o instanceof String) { System.out.println("My text is " + o.toString()); } else if (o instanceof Integer) { System.out.println("My value is " + ((Integer) o)); } } } } class Person { private String name; public Person(String name) { this.name = name; } public String getName() { return name; } } class Animal { private String habitat; public Animal(String habitat) { this.habitat = habitat; } public String getHabitat() { return habitat; } } class Thing { private String color; public Thing(String color) { this.color = color; } public String getColor() { return color; } }