Is it ok to use Object in non-generic method signature?

Question

Java

There is some method in which the parameter is declared as Object ( createMeth(Object object, Another arg...) and, accordingly, the method works with several different classes, executing some logic, where a certain parameter is taken from this object with a check for its presence.
Unfortunately, I didn’t quite understand what’s going on in the code and I can’t describe its functionality in detail, but basically, if it’s not some kind of container, is it normal (in certain cases) to use the Object class ? and use it instead of Object? It seems to me that the person (fullstack) who wrote this code used constructs more typical for js than for java

Answer 1

Not normal. First, it's stupid to use a statically typed language and not take advantage of it. Secondly, "taking a parameter from an object with a check for presence" apparently means using reflection, which is slow and unsafe.