// generics/ArrayOfGeneric.java
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public class ArrayOfGeneric {
 static final int SIZE = 100;
 static Generic<Integer>[] gia;
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 try {
 gia = (Generic<Integer>[])new Object[SIZE];
 } catch(ClassCastException e) {
 System.out.println(e.getMessage());
 }
 // Runtime type is the raw (erased) type:
 gia = (Generic<Integer>[])new Generic[SIZE];
 System.out.println(gia.getClass().getSimpleName());
 gia[0] = new Generic<>();
 //- gia[1] = new Object(); // Compile-time error
 // Discovers type mismatch at compile time:
 //- gia[2] = new Generic<Double>();
 }
}
/* Output:
[Ljava.lang.Object; cannot be cast to [LGeneric;
Generic[]
*/