Re: Unchecked cast warning?
su_dang@hotmail.com wrote:
Thomas Hawtin wrote:
Knute Johnson wrote:
I'm trying to read a Hashtable from an ObjectInputStream and getting an
Unchecked cast warning in the compiler.
Hashtable<Integer,String[]> table =
(Hashtable<Integer,String[]>)ois.readObject();
This seems to be a common problem...
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/tree/browse_frm/thread/7b7457c1598473ba/5d022881ad375d93#doc_06f9e33d0ffd3e41
/**
* @throws ClassCastException
* @see ObjectInputStream#readObject
*/
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
static <T> readObject(
ObjectInputStream in
) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
return (T)in.readObject();
}
Tom Hawtin
There was no way for the compiler to make sure that the object type is
correct; hence, it issues the warning. As long as you know what you
are doing, it should be ok.
Thanks.
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