[RESOLVED] (was being dumb) - Type casting a class?

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Is there a way in Java to type cast an array of a super class into the subclass?

Example:

I have a class person, account and checking. Account inherits from person, checking inherits from account. I am trying to make a little application to add/search through accounts created. I was going to make an array of the person class since it is the base class of the other 2, and then I was going to typecast each instance the way I needed to....

if(people[0].getType()=="account")
(account)people[0].AccountFunction();


That type of thing. I get an error on the first ( before account saying expected statement.

Any help would be appreciated