Cannot cast from ArrayList<Parcelable> to ArrayList<ClSprite>

Question

In a piece of code I've written, I have this line:

         AllSprites = (ArrayList<ClSprite>) savedInstanceState.getParcelableArrayList("AllSprites");

I'm getting an error about an invalid cast from an ArrayList<Parcelable> to ArrayList<ClSprite>. Why isn't this legal?

Answer 1

A simple solution is to set the returning element type like so

ArrayList<ClSprite> AllSprites = savedInstanceState.<ClSprite>getParcelableArrayList("AllSprites")