Re: Unchecked cast warning?

From:

Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:59:20 -0800

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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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Knute Johnson
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