How do I address unchecked cast warnings?

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The obvious answer, of course, is not to do the unchecked cast.

If it’s absolutely necessary, then at least try to limit the scope of the @SuppressWarnings annotation. According to its Javadocs, it can go on local variables; this way, it doesn’t even affect the entire method.

Example:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Map<String, String> myMap = (Map<String, String>) deserializeMap();

There is no way to determine whether the Map really should have the generic parameters <String, String>. You must know beforehand what the parameters should be (or you’ll find out when you get a ClassCastException). This is why the code generates a warning, because the compiler can’t possibly know whether is safe.

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