Description Barry Kaplan 2004-12-08 17:29:29 EST

Consider:

public class PrivateAccessor {

    public static <T> T get(Object object, String fieldName) {
        return getField(object, fieldName);
    }
}

In this case 'getField(...)' is indicated with the error "Type mismatch: cannot
convert from Object to T PrivateAccessor.java". 

If the code is changed to:

    public static <T> T get(Object object, String fieldName) {
        return (T) getField(object, fieldName);
    }

The '(T) getField(...)' is indicated with the warning "Unnessary cast from
Object to T".