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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-6571433

Warning when casting between interfaces

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      A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
      It is possible to cast any interface into any other with nary a warning, even if they are unrelated, unless they are parametrized, in which you get an unchecked cast warning. Some sort of unsafe cast warning should be given in all cases.

      JUSTIFICATION :
      The justification seems obvious: the cast is no less unsafe because the interfaces are raw.

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      A warning for both casts.
      ACTUAL -
      Unchecked warning only for the second cast.

      ---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
      Iterator itr = new ArrayList().iterator();
      Set setr = (Set)itr;
      Iterator<String> it = Arrays.asList("A").iterator();
      List<String> set = (List<String>)it;

      ---------- END SOURCE ----------

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