diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/classcastexception/ClassCastException.java b/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/classcastexception/ClassCastException.java
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+package com.baeldung.classcastexception;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ClassCastException {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		String p1 = new String("John");
+		String p2 = new String("Snow");
+		String[] strArray = new String[] { p1, p2 };
+		ArrayList<String> strList = (ArrayList<String>) Arrays.asList(strArray);
+		// To fix the ClassCastException at above line, modify the code as:
+		// List<String> strList = Arrays.asList(strArray);
+		System.out.println("String list: " + strList);
+
+	}
+
+}