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ClassCastExceptionWithToArray

ClassCastExceptionWithToArray

When deriving an array of a specific class from your Collection, one should provide an array of the same class as the parameter of the toArray() method. Doing otherwise you will will result in a ClassCastException.



//CastExpression[Type/ReferenceType/ClassOrInterfaceType[@Image !=
"Object"]]/PrimaryExpression
[
 PrimaryPrefix/Name[ends-with(@Image, '.toArray')]
 and
 PrimarySuffix/Arguments[count(*) = 0]
and
count(PrimarySuffix) = 1
]


Example(s):



Collection c = new ArrayList();
Integer obj = new Integer(1);
c.add(obj);

    // this would trigger the rule (and throw a ClassCastException if executed)
Integer[] a = (Integer [])c.toArray();

   // this is fine and will not trigger the rule
Integer[] b = (Integer [])c.toArray(new Integer[c.size()]);