diff -r dbe9e82f9d25 -r 905e151a185a src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/LayoutParser.java
--- a/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/LayoutParser.java	Thu Jan 08 16:34:58 2009 -0800
+++ b/src/share/classes/com/sun/tools/doclets/internal/toolkit/builders/LayoutParser.java	Tue Jan 13 13:27:14 2009 +0000
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
      *
      * @return List the list of XML elements parsed.
      */
-    public List parseXML(String root) {
+    public List<?> parseXML(String root) {
         if (xmlElementsMap.containsKey(root)) {
-            return (List) xmlElementsMap.get(root);
+            return xmlElementsMap.get(root);
         }
         try {
             List<Object> xmlElements = new ArrayList<Object>();