“Iterable cannot be cast to List” - Isn't `List` a type of `Iterable`?

Question

I called a getElements method which returns Iterable.

I did this:

List elements = (List

        

Answer 1

why not:

    Iterable i = ...; //is what you have
    List myList = new LinkedList();
    for (Element e:i) {
        myList.add(e);
    }

? needs no google lib.