Runtime casting from String to other datatype

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Published on 2010-05-17T03:49:30Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 4:00 UTC
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Hi I have Map of String values.

I want to cast this value at runtime.

e.g.

Map map = new HashMap();
map.put("key1","101");
map.put("key2","45.40");

Now runtime I know key1 is integer and key2 is double How can I cast this.

I tried this:

("101").getClass().cast(Integer).

Thanks.

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