jcast Cast a Java object into another one.

## Syntax

                jcast(javaObject, class)

## 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

## History

5.5.0 Function introduced. Based on the 'JIMS' module. The main difference in the behavior compared to the JIMS module is that jautoUnwrap is enabled by default.