Re: Warnings from last compilation.

From:
Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:02:57 GMT
Message-ID:
<lBAPi.11453$44.9462@trnddc04>
bH wrote:

Hi All,
The program correctly sorts the items in the String array.

.Warnings from last compilation are listed after the compile.

Note: C:\..\SortObjects.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -XIint.unchecked for details <<<<


It's -Xlint:unchecked , not -XIint.unchecked

This warning means that you are using generics-capable code without
using it.

        List inputList = new ArrayList(Arrays.asList(t)); //

Change to:
List<String> inputList = Arrays.asList(t);

        List l = sort(inputList);

List<String> l = sort(inputList)

        System.out.println("\nStrings sorted List ...");
        for(int i = 0; i < l.size(); i++)
            System.out.println((String)l.get(i));

This line is:
System.out.println(l.get(i));

    }

    public static List sort(List list) {

public static List<String> sort(List<String> list) {

          Collections.sort(list, new Comparator() {

Collections.sort(list, new Comparator<String>() {

            public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {

public int compare(String o1, String o2) {

                 String s1 = (String)o1;
                 String s2 = (String)o2;

and delete these two lines

[ no more changes in file ]

The Java tutorial on generics, accessible from here:
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/docs/>

is very helpful. Also review the Javadoc for List, Collections, Arrays,
and Comparator, all accessible from:
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/docs/api/index.html>

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