Re: unchecked conversion warning.

From:
Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:06:54 -0700
Message-ID:
<vOmdnf2Cqs6MBEjSnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@earthlink.com>
On 6/10/2012 9:52 PM, Broad Liyn wrote:

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This code compiles with an 'unchecked conversion' warning.
I have tried various corrections, for example casting like (Vector<Object>), but to no
avail.
What am I doing wrong?l
The code is the smallest demo I could make from the original application.

import java.util.Vector;
public class genericsdemo
{
   private static Vector<Vector> vdata = new Vector<Vector>(); //a Vector of Vectors
   private static Vector<Object> vrow = new Vector<Object>(); //a row

   public static void main(String args[]) {
     vrow.add(null); //two columns in the row
     vrow.add(null);

     vdata.add(vrow); //add the row to the Vector of Vectors

     Vector vtmp = getrow(); //test
   }

   private static Vector<Object> getrow() {
     return vdata.elementAt(0); //warning: [unchecked] unchecked conversion
   }
}

JensJ

1.vector is no longer being supported.
2.


As of JDK 7, Vector is not even deprecated.

The documentation,
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Vector.html, says "If
a thread-safe implementation is not needed, it is recommended to use
ArrayList in place of Vector." which implies that Vector might be a
reasonable choice if thread safety is needed.

Personally, I prefer to use ArrayList as base, and wrap using
Collections.synchronizedCollection, but that is not mandatory.

Patricia

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