Arrays.asLIit() casting exception (JDK 1.4)

[FY Hsieh]

I have

  
  Person p1 = new Person("mark");
  Person p2 = new Person("john");

 Person[] persons = new Person[2];

persons[0]=p1;  persons[1]=p2;

ArrayList personList = (ArrayList)Arrays.asList(persons);

for (Iterator i=personList.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {

  Person p = (Person) i.next();
 // print p's name
}
  

First I want to mention this is not jdk 1.5 or beyond, it is 1.4.
The compilation is OK but gives run time exception of Class Cast for "Arrays.asList()" part. what's wrong and how should I fix it ?

Thanks.

[David Newton]

It returns a List, not an ArrayList, no?

[Bear Bibeault]

asLIit()?

[David Newton]

Yeah, it's like asList, but more learned, and in Olde English.

http://shakespearelang.sourceforge.net/report/shakespeare/

[Steve Fahlbusch]

David,

i saw your reply and laughed good 10 minutes. :-) Thank you

[Rob Spoor]

David Newton wrote:It returns a List, not an ArrayList, no?

Actually it does return an ArrayList, just not java.util.ArrayList. The returned class is java.util.Arrays.ArrayList, a private static class inside class java.util.Arrays. But yeah, you're right that as far as the API is concerned, it does return a List.