Java doesn't allow arrays of inner classes for a generic class

Question

I know that you cannot create an array of a generic type, Instead you have to resort to a hack. (Given Java supports generic arrays, just not their creation, it is not clear to

Answer 1

Do the following:

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
final Inner[] inners = (Inner[])new Outer.Inner[16];

The equivalent to your first example would have been new Outer.Inner[16] but this will isolate the unchecked cast and avoid the raw type.