getting values from ValueMap

Hi,

I am wanted to know as how could i get values from valuemap at run time from the below code . If I had say properties that were of type

String
StringArry []
boolean
Date



List<Map> testMap = new ArrayList<Map>();
            testMap.add(resourceProp);
           

 
            for(Map<String,? extends Object> map:testMap){
                ......
            }

In the for loop I would need to keep  object typecasted manually to the actual type by checking Instance Of. Is there any better way to do it.

Thanks,
Srinivas