// generics/GenericArray2.java
// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
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public class GenericArray2<T> {
 private Object[] array;
 public GenericArray2(int sz) {
 array = new Object[sz];
 }
 public void put(int index, T item) {
 array[index] = item;
 }
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public T get(int index) { return (T)array[index]; }
 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 public T[] rep() {
 return (T[])array; // Unchecked cast
 }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 GenericArray2<Integer> gai =
 new GenericArray2<>(10);
 for(int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
 gai.put(i, i);
 for(int i = 0; i < 10; i ++)
 System.out.print(gai.get(i) + " ");
 System.out.println();
 try {
 Integer[] ia = gai.rep();
 } catch(Exception e) {
 System.out.println(e);
 }
 }
}
/* Output:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
java.lang.ClassCastException: [Ljava.lang.Object;
cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.Integer;
*/