I have a valid ArrayList object in the form of java.lang.Object. I have to again convert the Object to an ArrayList. I tried this:

Object obj2 = from some source . . ;
ArrayList al1 = new ArrayList();
al1 = (ArrayList) obj2;
System.out.println("List2 Value: "+al1);

But it is printing null. How can I do this?

java java-6
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