On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 7:19 AM Vincent Ryan <vincent.x.r...@oracle.com> wrote:
> The problem of having to cast the result of Context.lookup > <http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/docs/api/javax/naming/Context.html#lookup-javax.naming.Name-> > can > be solved using an existing method: > InitialContext.doLookup > <http://download.java.net/java/jdk9/docs/api/javax/naming/InitialContext.html#doLookup-javax.naming.Name-> > That solves the simple casting problem from an initial Context, but not for all Contexts, and the simple addition of a relatively trivial default method like this in the Context interface it seems to me would open the door for Context implementers to reimplement it to do more sophisticated—and deliberate—type conversion. Best, Laird
