Convert Vector to Generic Array Cast Exception

I have the following method:

Code:

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public static <T> T[] vectorToArray(Vector<T> vector)
{
    return (T[])vector.toArray(new Object[vector.size()]);
}

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when I invoke it like this:

Code:

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Vector<String> vector        = new Vector<String>();
String[] array = null;

for(int i=0; i<10; i++)
{
    vector.add("Entry" + i);
}

array = TypeUtilities.vectorToArray(vector);

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I get the following exception:

Code:

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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;
        at util.type.TypeUtilities.main(TypeUtilities.java:60)

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How can I get around this?

Thank you for your time,
Brandon

right, because when you pass the new Object[] into the toArray() it creates an array of objects.

Try,

Code:

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public static <T> T[] vectorToArray(Vector<T> vector)
{
    return (T[])vector.toArray(new T[vector.size()]);
}

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?

that wont work, you cant instantiate a generic array.

I came up with the following:

Code:

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public static <T> T[] vectorToArray(Class<?> vectorClass, Vector<T> vector)
{
    T[] array =  (T[]) Array.newInstance(vectorClass, vector.size());

    for(int i=0; i<array.length; i++)
    {
        array[i] = vector.elementAt(i);
    }

    return array;
}

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BUT I would really like to remove the first parameter "Class<?> vectorClass" if at all possible to make the usage of the utility simplier. any ideas there?