Trying to make a growable array ie, an array whose capacity can increase like that of an arraylist. I get a warning in the code below. Should I fix it or suppress it ? What are the consequences of suppressing it ?
import java.util.*;
public class GrowableArray<T>{
private T[] array;
//more variables
GrowableArray{
this.array = (T[]) new Object[10]; // Warning - Type safety: Unchecked cast
//from Object[] to T[]
//more code
}
//more code
For full code look below -
import java.util.*;
public class GrowableArray<T>{
private T[] array;
private int increaseSizeBy;
private int currentIndex;//That is first free position available
private int lastIndex;
public GrowableArray(){
this.array = (T[]) new Object[10];
this.currentIndex = 0;
this.lastIndex = 10-1;
this.increaseSizeBy = 10;
}
public GrowableArray(int initialSize){
this.array = (T[]) new Object[initialSize];
currentIndex = 0;
lastIndex = initialSize - 1;
}
public void increaseSizeBy(int size){
this.increaseSizeBy = size;
}
public void add(T anObject){
if(currentIndex > lastIndex){ ;
//create a bigger array
int oldLength = array.length;
int newLength = oldLength + this.increaseSizeBy;
Object [] biggerArray = Arrays.copyOf(array, newLength);
array = (T[]) biggerArray;
currentIndex = oldLength;
lastIndex = array.length-1;
}else{
array[currentIndex] = anObject;
currentIndex++;
}
}
public void display(){
System.out.println();
for(int i = 0; i < this.currentIndex; i++){
System.out.print(array[i] + ", ");
}
System.out.println();
}
public static void main(String[]args){
GrowableArray<Integer> gArr = new GrowableArray<Integer>();
for(int i = 0; i <= 35; i++){
gArr.add(i);
}
gArr.display();
gArr.add(300);
gArr.add(301);
gArr.add(302);
gArr.add(303);
gArr.add(304);
gArr.add(305);
gArr.display();
}
}