Overloading methods dynamically

[Syed.muddasir]

Hi everyone im new to this forum and here is my problem...
As shown in the code i have two overloaded methods which accepts a Double and string argument but i have an incoming object of unknown instace type
How can i invoke the method printObject() dynamically.

Thanks in advance...


public class Test {
public static void printObject(Double arg){
System.out.println("Double" + arg);
}

public static void printObject(String arg){
System.out.println("String" + arg);
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
Object one = new Double(100);
Object two = new String ("hello");
}

[Swamipsn]

Too simple!! Pls try forllowing code
public class Test {
public static void printObject(double arg){
System.out.println("Double " + arg);
}

public static void printObject(String arg){
System.out.println("String " + arg);
}

public static void main(String args[])
{
Test ob1 = new Test();
ob1.printObject(100.25698);
ob1.printObject("This is Correct");

}
}

[Syed.muddasir]

Thks for your response ......
This would no doubt work but wht im getting is Object reference which is of type object
eg:Object doub = new Double(546.56);
I want this object to be resolved during run time.

[brianhks]

Use the instanceof operator.

Code:

if (object instanceof Double)
  printObject((Double)object);
else
  printObject((String)object);

[Syed.muddasir]

I was doing the same thing but i dont wanna use instance coz i have to chk for each type....
Thts why i thought method overloading could be done.....

[brianhks]

It is really not possible when you are handed an Object. The system has nothing to go off of so you have to check what kind of object it really is.

[Syed.muddasir]

Thx brian.
Wht i was thinkin is tht if anything could be achieved using reflection and cloning ,so that i would create an new object of the Objects instance type and call the overloaded method.....