android - Java generic type for objects -

in objective-c have generic type objects called "id".

id someobject = somevalue; if([someobject iskindofclass:[nsstring class]]) {     nsstring *string = someobject; } 

i want know if there's in java.

id someobject = somevalue; if(someobject instanceof string) {     string string = someobject; } 

unless i'm missing something, close answer yourself:

// obtain object somewhere object someobject = obtainobjectinstance();  // if it's string... if(someobject instanceof string) {     // cast , assign variable     string string = (string)someobject; } 

as side note, object instances contain information object's class: someobject.getclass()