//: generics/GenericArray2.java // ©2015 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt public class GenericArray2 { 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; // Warning: unchecked cast } public static void main(String[] args) { GenericArray2 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: (Sample) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.Integer; *///:~