/*
Java 2, v5.0 (Tiger) New Features
by Herbert Schildt
ISBN: 0072258543
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2004
*/
import java.util.*;
public class OldStyle {
public static void main(String args[]) {
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
// These lines store strings, but any type of object
// can be stored. In old-style code, there is no
// convenient way restrict the type of objects stored
// in a collection
list.add("one");
list.add("two");
list.add("three");
list.add("four");
Iterator itr = list.iterator();
while(itr.hasNext()) {
// To retrieve an element, an explicit type cast is needed
// because the collection stores only Object.
String str = (String) itr.next(); // explicit cast needed here.
System.out.println(str + " is " + str.length() + " chars long.");
}
}
}
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