Why we do not have Map.get(K key)
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/857420/what-are-the-reasons-why-map-getobject-key-is-not-fully-generic">What are the reasons why Map.get(Object key) is not (fully) generic</a><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1455138/java-generics-why-does-map-get-ignore-type">Java Generics: Why Does Map.get() Ignore Type?</a>  </p>
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<p>Is there any reason why we do not have</p>

<pre><code>Map.get(K key) 
</code></pre>

<p>But we have</p>

<pre><code>Map.get(Object key) 
</code></pre>

<p>Isn't the generic version will be better, so that we can perform compile time checking?</p>
