Use generics in SerializationUtils ---------------------------------- Key: LANG-798 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-798 Project: Commons Lang Issue Type: Improvement Components: lang.* Environment: Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500) Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\.. Java version: 1.6.0_31, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252 OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows" Reporter: Gary D. Gregory Fix For: 3.2
Use generics in SerializationUtils: I'd like to propose the change below. This lets you get rid of type casts in call sites. You'll still get a ClassCastException if you code it wrong of course. Old: {{public static Object deserialize(InputStream inputStream)}} New: {{public static <T> T deserialize(InputStream inputStream)}} Old: {{public static Object deserialize(byte[] objectData)}} New: {{public static <T> T deserialize(byte[] objectData)}} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira