Java 1.5 typed collections...

[Tad Dicks]

If I make the following declaration:

 ArrayList<String>  list = new ArrayList<String>() 

then later do the following

 for(Iterator it = list.iterator; it.hasNext() :wink: 
       {
           String s = it.next();
       }

Is that legal? does the iterator automatically return an object of the type specified in the angle brackets? if not is this just an oversight or was there a compelling reason for not typing the iterator to what was specified in the collection/list? It seems that its necessary to cast the object coming out of the iterator...

or should I be saying for(Iterator<String> = list.iterator....??

-Tad

[Tad Dicks]

Ok I guess I just need to ask the question out loud(er type it out) to figure it out... heh.

[Rick O'Shay]

You got it.

Side note. Rather than this:

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>()

Do this:

List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>()

And this:

for(String string : list)
{
...
}