Difference between casting to String and String.valueOf

Question

What is the difference between

Object foo = \"something\";
String bar = String.valueOf(foo);

and

Object foo = \"something\"         


        

Answer 1

in String.valueOf(); string as work typecasting all the argument passed in valueof() method convert in String and just like integer.string() convert integer into string only

Answer 2

Casting means that the object needs to be of type String, while String.valueOf() can take other types as well.