How to cast generic List types in java?

Question

Well, I have a class Customer (no base class).

I need to cast from LinkedList to List. Is there any clean way to do this?

Just so you know, I need to cast it

Answer 1

You do not need to cast. LinkedList implements List so you have no casting to do here.

Even when you want to down-cast to a List of Objects you can do it with generics like in the following code:

LinkedList ll = someList;
List l = ll; // perfectly fine, no casting needed

Now, after your edit I understand what you are trying to do, and it is something that is not possible, without creating a new List like so:

LinkedList ll = someList;
List