diff -r 1cf29847eb6e -r 5a9172b251dd src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/HtmlSerialMethodWriter.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/HtmlSerialMethodWriter.java	Tue Jul 15 09:50:36 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/formats/html/HtmlSerialMethodWriter.java	Tue Jul 15 19:22:51 2008 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
             tagletManager.getSerializedFormTags(),
             writer.getTagletWriterInstance(false), output);
         print(output.toString());
-        MethodDoc method = (MethodDoc)member;
+        MethodDoc method = member;
         if (method.name().compareTo("writeExternal") == 0
                 && method.tags("serialData").length == 0) {
             serialWarning(member.position(), "doclet.MissingSerialDataTag",