I Hate Casting!

I don't mean to sound like Grumpy Smurf but did I tell you I hate casting? Thanks to the new JDK 1.5 templating I can finally eliminate them!

Eliminate Them! (A quote from Star Trek Insurrection)

An Enterprise Java Bean Example

// Old
private UserSessionHome getUserSessionHome() throws Exception {
  return (UserSessionHome) initialContext.lookup("ejb/UserSession");
}

private AccountHome getAccountHome() throws Exception {
  return (AccountHome) initialContext.lookup("ejb/Account");
}


// New
private UserSessionHome getUserSessionHome() throws Exception {
  return getHome("ejb/UserSession");
}

private AccountHome getAccountHome() throws Exception {
  return getHome("ejb/Account");
}

private <T> T getHome(String jndiName) throws Exception {
  return (T) initialContext.lookup(jndiName);
}

Usage Example:

UserSession userSession = getUserSessionHome().create();
userSession.createUser(userInfo);

A Spring DAO example

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public <T> T get(Class entityClass, Serializable id) {
  return (T) super.getHibernateTemplate().get(entityClass, id);
}

In your DAO Implementation Class:

// OLD (with Casting)
public User getUser(String username) {
  return (User) super.getHibernateTemplate().get(User.class, username);
}

// New
public User getUser(String username) {
  return get(User.class, username);
}

Hey, wouldn't it be nice if the Spring developers provide an IBatis SqlMapTemplate and HibernateTemplate specifically for JDK5 to eliminate casting. My 2 cents...