Non generic collections in J2SE 5.0

It seems you cannot use the plain old collection objects - the non generic versions aka "raw" collections - anymore without getting unchecked warnings!

The following code doesn't use any generics but compiler throws unchecked warnings as shown below:

List c = new ArrayList();
c.add(new Object());

>javac -Xlint Test.javaTest.java:10: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type java.util.List

c.add(new Object());
^
1 warning

Compiler has infact recognized the "raw" type but still decides to throw a generic related - note the type variable E - warning. Price for "guaranteed" type safety I guess!



Food for thought: IT folks are usually skeptical about the X.0 versions and tend to wait for the X.xx before taking the plunge!