Seeking clarification on Type Casting challenge

In the Type Casting challenge, the code ultimately looks as follows:

public static String getTitleFromObject(Object obj) { String result = ""; if ( obj instanceof String){ result = (String) obj; } else if (obj instanceof BlogPost){ BlogPost blog = (BlogPost) obj ; result = blog.getTitle(); } return result; }

Please may someone confirm whether the 'result' variable retains its data type (i.e. type String) throughout?

In task 1 of 2 we assign 'obj' to result and also need to cast 'obj' to String since, up to that point, 'obj' was of type 'Object' (as per the method parameter) and therefore needs to be cast as being of type String since 'result' is of type String (as per the above code).

Then, in task 2, we create a new object (titled 'blog') and cast 'obj' to BlogPost. We then assign 'blog.getTitle()' to 'result'. I believe that this assignment of 'blog.getTitle()' to 'result' only works because the 'getTitle()' method in the BlogPost.java file is also of type String (i.e. the same as 'result').

In other words, for argument's sake, lets assume that the 'getTitle()' method in BlogPost.java was in fact of the int data type. Then I assume that the above code would not work since 'result' is of type String (as declared in the above code) and that would differ to the data type which the 'getTitle()' method returns which would now be of type int.

Please may someone kindly confirm whether my understanding is correct? Sorry for the essay:)

Thanks!