Dynamic Return Type in Java method

Question

I\'ve seen a question similar to this multiple times here, but there is one big difference.

In the other questions, the return type is to be determined by the parameter.

Answer 1

If you are really only returning a boolean or a float, then the best you can do is Object.

If you are returning variable objects, you have to choose a return type with the least common superclass. Primitives don't have a superclass, but they will be boxed into Object representations (like Boolean and Float) which have a common superclass of Object.