casting ArrayList.toArray() with ArrayList of Generic Arrays

Question

A difficult question which I\'m close to giving up all hope on. I\'m trying to make a function, but am having problems getting ArrayList.toArray() to return the ty

Answer 1

toArray() always returns an object array.

To return an array of a specific type, you need to use toArray(Object[]).

To provide the correct type for the array argument, you need to use the specific class or in this case use reflections.

try

 return (T[]) list.toArray(Array.newInstance(one.getClass(), list.size()));