OnJava8-Examples/generics/GenericArray2.java

// generics/GenericArray2.java
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public class GenericArray2<T> {
  private Object[] array;
  public GenericArray2(int sz) {
    array = new Object[sz];
  }
  public void put(int index, T item) {
    array[index] = item;
  }
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public T get(int index) { return (T)array[index]; }
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public T[] rep() {
    return (T[])array; // Unchecked cast
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    GenericArray2<Integer> gai =
      new GenericArray2<>(10);
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
      gai.put(i, i);
    for(int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
      System.out.print(gai.get(i) + " ");
    System.out.println();
    try {
      Integer[] ia = gai.rep();
    } catch(Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }
}
/* Output:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be
cast to [Ljava.lang.Integer;
*/