Qustion about collections

I have an List e.g

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List<Object> userList = new ArrayList<Object>();

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userList is basically a collection of User objects and has been casted to Object due to some project need.

My question: Is it possible to convert the entire userlist into List of User objects in one line or I will need to iterate through every object in the list, type cast into User object n add one by one.

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Originally Posted by nn12

I have an List e.g

Code:

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List<Object> userList = new ArrayList<Object>();

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userList is basically a collection of User objects and has been casted to Object due to some project need.

My question: Is it possible to convert the entire userlist into List of User objects in one line or I will need to iterate through every object in the list, type cast into User object n add one by one.

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Yup, you can do that (with a bit of old fashioned trickery ;-)

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List<Object> listA= new ArrayList<Object>();
List<String> listB= (List)listA;

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The compiler warns about the cast but there's nothing it can do about it because generic objects only exist during compile time (during runtime they're all just Lists). Not that the cast (List<String>) doesn't work and the compiler flags it as an error.

kind regards,

Jos

thanks Jos :)