Re: ArrayList.toArray() gives class cast exception

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From: Shankar Unni
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 17:16

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Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB] wrote:

> Because that method creates an Object array not an Item array.  

And the reason this is done this way is that an ArrayList can contain 
any type of object, so there's definitely no guarantee that all the 
objects are of one type.  Only you (the programmer) knows this, which is 
why you have to ask for it explicitly if you want a typed array.

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