(String) or .toString()?

Question

I have a method with an Object o parameter.

In this method, I exactly know there is a String in \"o\" which is not null. There is no need t

Answer 1

I would use a cast. That validates your "knowledge" that it's a string. If for whatever reason you end up with a bug and someone passes in something other than a string, I think it would be better to throw an exception (which a cast will do) than continue to execute with flawed data.