Creating generic arrays in Java

Question

public K[] toArray()
{
    K[] result = (K[])new Object[this.size()];
    int index  = 0;
    for(K k : this)
        result[index++] = k;
    return result;
}
         


        

Answer 1

You can't: you must pass the class as an argument:

public  K[] toArray(Class clazz)
{
    K[] result = (K[])Array.newInstance(clazz,this.size());
    int index  = 0;
    for(K k : this)
        result[index++] = k;
    return result;
}