Package com.yahoo.reflection

Class Casting

java.lang.Object

com.yahoo.reflection.Casting

public class Casting
extends Object

Utility methods for doing casting

Author:

Tony Vaagenes

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Casting()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> Optional<T>	cast(Class<T> targetClass, Object instance)	Returns the casted instance if it is assignment-compatible with targetClass, or empty otherwise.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Casting

public Casting()

Method Details

cast

public static <T> Optional<T> cast(Class<T> targetClass,
 Object instance)

Returns the casted instance if it is assignment-compatible with targetClass, or empty otherwise.

See Also:

• Class.isInstance(Object)