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Thread: Help please i keep getting a runtime error with code that seems correct.

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    Default Help please i keep getting a runtime error with code that seems correct.

    I am trying to read an object from a file. I have followed the examples in my book and online that i could find. but i keep getting an error saying

    Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;
    at Manager.savemeth(Manager.java:67)
    at Manager$1.actionPerformed(Manager.java:27)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(Unk nown Source)
    at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed (Unknown Source)
    at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed (Unknown Source)

    it keeps going but this is the main part. 67 is the String[] temp that i posted below and 27 is the call to the method with the string in it

     
    				instream = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename));
    				String[] temp = (String[])(instream.readObject());

    i can't figure out why im running into this problem.
    Last edited by jorys22; December 7th, 2013 at 07:04 PM. Reason: Solved


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    Default Re: Help please i keep getting a runtime error with code that seems correct.

    Is the readObject() method returning a String object instead of a String array?
    Read into an Object and print out its class (call getClass)
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    Default Re: Help please i keep getting a runtime error with code that seems correct.

    Quote Originally Posted by jorys22 View Post
    Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;

    i can't figure out why im running into this problem.
    The exception message is (at least for me) clear: it states that a String cannot be cast to String[] (the part "[L" is the bytecode-level indication of an array of objects).
    Why are you expecting a String[] ? What have you serialized (elsewhere in the code) into the file? If you have serialized N single String objects, you can't expect to read them as a String[].
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