Converting String to an Object of a class

Hi all,
I want to convert a string to an object of a class.
Please see my below code:
MyClass rahul = null;
String data = "DATA";
rahul = (MyClass) data;
I am getting the error: Invalid cast from java.lang.String to MyClass
Please help me as its urgent

There is no magical String deserialization in java. If your class can convert it's state to a string, then you will need to write the reverse parsing code, presumably using either a constructor which takes a string, or a static method similar to how numbers are handled, like:
MyClass c = MyClass.valueOf(data);Obviously, in either case you will need to write the code to do this.

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