jcast

Parameters

javaObject

A mlist typed _JObj

class

A string giving the class name or a mlist typed _JClass got with jimport or jcompile

Description

Cast an object into another one with the given class if it is possible.

Examples

jimport java.lang.Double;
jimport java.lang.Number;

d = Double.new("1.23456");
jgetclassname(d)
e = jcast(d, "java.lang.Number");
// or as an alternative
f = jcast(d, Number);
jgetclassname(e)
jremove e d f;

See also

• jgetclassname — Return the class name of the given object

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