ava 1.5 - generics "unchecked cast" suppression

[Steven Buroff]

Is there a way to suppress the "unchecked cast" message for a particular
statement rather than an entire file? There are times when you can't really
avoid the cast. In my case, I'm reading back in a previously serialized
object. I need to cast it. Thanks in advance.

Steve

 

[Paul Lutus]

Is there a way to suppress ...

Multiposting? No, apparently not. But stop it anyway.

 

[Alan Moore]

Is there a way to suppress the "unchecked cast" message for a particular
statement rather than an entire file? There are times when you can't really
avoid the cast. In my case, I'm reading back in a previously serialized
object. I need to cast it. Thanks in advance.

Try adding this annotation to the method:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

 

[Alan Moore]

Try adding this annotation to the method:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

Never mind: @SuppressWarnings is not implemented in JDK 5.0. Bummer.

 

[Steven Buroff]

Never mind: @SuppressWarnings is not implemented in JDK 5.0. Bummer.

Right. Looks like exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for trying.

Steve

 

[Alan Moore]

Right. Looks like exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for trying.

I just wrote a method that's a perfect candidate for this annotation:
the casts are perfectly safe, but the compiler can't know that due to
erasure. I guess I'll go ahead and add the annotation anyway, in the
interest of self-documentation. And maybe someday I'll remember to
quit compiling with the -nowarn option and get a pleasant surprise.