Generic array creation error with LinkedHashMap[]

Question

I've declared a variable as:

LinkedHashMap<Integer, String>[] function_labels;

but when I try and instantiate it with:

function_labels = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, String>[2];

I get a 'generic array creation' error.

I've searched on here, and although there are many posts about this error message, no-one seems to have offered a solution which actually works, so I'm trying again...

I don't mind what type of collection function_labels is, as long as it works and I can access indexed members of it later. A simple array seems the 'lightest' solution, but there may be others which will work.

Thanks

tldr: `LinkedHashMap[]` is not possible – Tim Oct 03 '17 at 09:00 — Tim, Oct 03 '17 at 09:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '17 at 08:56

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you have to cast type to declare like this Generic Array Creation

function_labels = ( LinkedHashMap<Integer, String>[]) new LinkedHashMap<?,?>[2];

answered Oct 03 '17 at 08:56

Benjamin

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Thanks Benjamin. Wouldn't have guessed that answer in decades!!! – radders Oct 03 '17 at 09:08

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