Converting an object to a string array

Question

I am having trouble converting an object to an array. I have already searched for this problem but none of it was a solution for me.

I am having an error of

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.ClassCastException: sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2 cannot be cast to [Ljava.lang.String;

this is my code:

 for (int i=0; i < list.getModel().getSize(); i++) {
                Object item = list.getModel().getElementAt(i);
                System.out.println("Item = " + item);   

                //String[] srcFiles = (String[]) item;

                File finalFile = new File(srcFiles[i]);
                FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(finalFile);

How can I convert Object item to a String array?

This doesn't make any sense. What are you trying to do? Why do you think `(String[]) item` would work? Do you understand how casting works? — shmosel, Mar 21 '17 at 22:40
`item` is of type `Win32ShellFolder2` which you cannot just automatically turn into a `String[]`. — takendarkk, Mar 21 '17 at 22:41
Possible duplicate of [Explanation of "ClassCastException" in Java](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/907360/explanation-of-classcastexception-in-java) — takendarkk, Mar 21 '17 at 22:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '17 at 22:49

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As sun.awt.shell.Win32ShellFolder2 is a subclass of File you can just write:

Object item = list.getModel().getElementAt(i);
System.out.println("Item = " + item);   
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream((File)item);

answered Mar 21 '17 at 22:49

Pavlo Viazovskyy

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