Re: Why is Java lying?

From: "Karl Uppiano" <karl.uppiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:32:11 GMT

java does not know that that "Object" is a "String".
it does know that "String"s are "Object"s.

I know this doesn't answer the basic question, but if it is just the string
you want,

String attr = e.nextElement().toString();

should work without casting.

.

References:
- Why is Java lying?
  - From: laredotornado
- Re: Why is Java lying?
  - From: Thomas Fritsch
- Re: Why is Java lying?
  - From: dantarion

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