ClassCastException with JDK7U5 while using Iterator.

[Nilesh Sahu]

Hi All,

While i am trying to iterate through a raw Collection (without generics) which contains my business objects using Iterator. It is throwing ClassCastException when i am casting the Iterator's next value with expected object.
but when i replace Iterator with for(int i=0; i<collection.size();i++) loop its working fine and i am able to iterate the collection without any exception and i am able to cast my object with expected class type.

I am not sure why this is happening with JDK1.7u5 while the same code(with iterator) works fine in JDK1.6u31.

Please suggest me the solution or workaround for the same.

Thanks .

[Greg Charles]

Hi Nilesh, and welcome to JavaRanch!

I'd be extremely surprised if casting an object to a type in its hierarchy caused a ClassCastException in any version of Java, and just as surprised if casting an object to a type not in its hierarchy didn't cause one. Of course, Iterator is just an interface, so a customized Iterator could be doing anything, including changing the types of the elements it iterates over. Can you give us an example that demonstrates this problem?