Cast element in Java For Each statement

Question

Is it possible (or even advisable) to cast the element retrieved from a for each statement in the statement itself? I do know that each element in list will be of type <

Answer 1

For all the reasons stated by others, you shouldn't do this. However, if you cannot change the interface, the following is possible:

for (BaseType element : list) {
    SubType subType = (SubType)element;
    ...
}

As far as I know, this is the only way to do this and remain truly type safe - i.e. not rely on type erasure to catch any problems, which it will not necessarily do until much later.

I realize this is not EXACTLY what you were looking for, but it does handle the casting.