Here you can find the source of toUpperCase(Object object)
public static Object toUpperCase(Object object)
//package com.java2s; /***************************************************************** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License./*from w w w. j a va2 s .c om*/ ****************************************************************/ public class Main { /** * Attempts to convert an object to an uppercase string. */ public static Object toUpperCase(Object object) { if ((object instanceof String) || (object instanceof StringBuffer)) { return object.toString().toUpperCase(); } else if (object instanceof char[]) { return new String((char[]) object).toUpperCase(); } else { return object; } } /** * Attempts to convert an object to Comparable instance. */ public static String toString(Object object) { if (object == null) { return null; } else if (object instanceof String) { return (String) object; } else if (object instanceof StringBuffer) { return object.toString(); } else if (object instanceof char[]) { return new String((char[]) object); } else { throw new ClassCastException("Invalid class for String conversion:" + object.getClass().getName()); } } }