A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
ArrayList.toArray() currently returns an Object[], making it overly complicated to convert an ArrayList to an array.

JUSTIFICATION :
It is overly complicated to convert an ArrayList<String> to a String[] because the toArray method returns an Object[]

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Given an ArrayList<String>, stringList, stringList.toArray() should return a String[].
ACTUAL -
Given an ArrayList<String>, stringList, stringList.toArray() returns an Object[]

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
ArrayList<String> stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
stringList.add("Hello");
stringList.add("World");
Object[] array = stringList.toArray(); // toArray returns an Object[] instead of a String[]
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Given an ArrayList<String>, stringList, calling stringList.toArray(new String[0]); returns a String[]