Java Object Type Case cast(Class type, Object obj)

Description

Cast an object type to the specified type.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
type	A class that indicates the target type.
obj	An object to be casted.
T	The target type.

Return

A casted object if the given object can be casted to the specified type. Otherwise null .

Declaration

public static <T> T cast(Class<T> type, Object obj) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w  w. j  a  v a2s .c o  m*/
 * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 NEC Corporation
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this
 * distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Cast an object type to the specified type.
     *
     * @param type  A class that indicates the target type.
     * @param obj   An object to be casted.
     * @param <T>   The target type.
     * @return  A casted object if the given object can be casted to the
     *          specified type. Otherwise {@code null}.
     */
    public static <T> T cast(Class<T> type, Object obj) {
        return (type.isInstance(obj)) ? type.cast(obj) : null;
    }
}

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