OnJava8-Examples/collections/ApplesAndOrangesWithoutGenerics.java
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// collections/ApplesAndOrangesWithoutGenerics.java
// (c)2016 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.
// Visit http://mindviewinc.com/Books/OnJava/ for more book information.
// Simple collection use (suppressing compiler warnings)
// {ThrowsException}
import java.util.*;
class Apple {
private static long counter;
private final long id = counter++;
public long id() { return id; }
}
class Orange {}
public class ApplesAndOrangesWithoutGenerics {
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayList apples = new ArrayList();
for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
apples.add(new Apple());
// No problem adding an Orange to apples:
apples.add(new Orange());
for(Object apple : apples) {
((Apple) apple).id();
// Orange is detected only at run time
}
}
}
/* Output:
___[ Error Output ]___
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException:
Orange cannot be cast to Apple
at ApplesAndOrangesWithoutGenerics.main(ApplesAndOr
angesWithoutGenerics.java:23)
*/