Question

public static String doCensor(String toCensor)
{        
   Object[] aobj;
   int l = (aobj = toCensor.toCharArray()).length; //THIS LINE OF CODE IS THE PROBLEM

The reason I want to convert it to an object is so I can cast to either a specific character or string later. Is there any easier way to do this?

Casting examples:

char c = (char) aobj[j];
String word = (String) aobj[k];

Answer 1

The right way to do this is just to get the char[] from toCharArray, and then if you need a String, use Character.toString(char). You cannot cast a char to a String.