Way to make Java parent class method return object of child class

Question

Is there any elegant way to make Java method located within parent class return object of child class, when this method is called from child class object?

I want to

Answer 1

Simply to demonstrate:

public Animal myMethod(){
  if(this isinstanceof Animal){
     return new Animal();
  }
  else{

     return this.getClass().newInstance();
  }
}