Invoking statically imported method with explicit type parameters

Question

This is the follow up of my question here: Weird Java generic.

If I have a code like this:

Casts. cast(iterable[index]);

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Answer 1

Java grammar allows type arguments only with typename specified. See corresponding section in JLS https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-15.html#jls-MethodInvocation