Description R Lenard 2004-11-16 23:46:55 EST

For this code.
% cat Test.java
public abstract class Test
{
    public abstract Object getProperty(final Object src, final String name);
    
    public <T> T getTheProperty(final Object src, final String name)
    {
        final T val = (T) getProperty(src, name); // this gives erroneous cast 
warning
        return val;
    }
}
<<<
The marked line gives.
Severity	Description	Resource	In Folder	Location
	Creation Time
1	Unnecessary cast from Object to T	Test.java		line 78
	November 17, 2004 3:26:30 PM


Now clearly the cast is required here - because the type is unknown.