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<@U289YL3KQ>  you can write an extension method if you like:
```
inline fun &lt;reified T&gt; JdbcTemplate.queryForObject(sql: String, varargs args: Any) = this.queryForObject(sql, T::class.java, args)
```

and use it like this:
```
val result: Long = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select external_system_id from foo where id = ? limit 1 ", id)
// OR
val result = jdbcTemplate.queryForObject&lt;Long&gt;("select external_system_id from foo where id = ? limit 1 ", id)
``` 