type safety for certserv.base

more type safety

24 files changed, 174 insertions, 172 deletions

diff --git a/pki/base/ca/src/com/netscape/ca/CertificateAuthority.java b/pki/base/ca/src/com/netscape/ca/CertificateAuthority.java
index a81ae362a..b1bcb680f 100644
--- a/pki/base/ca/src/com/netscape/ca/CertificateAuthority.java
+++ b/pki/base/ca/src/com/netscape/ca/CertificateAuthority.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
     private ResponderID mResponderIDByName = null;
     private ResponderID mResponderIDByHash = null;
 
-    protected Hashtable mListenerPlugins = null;
+    protected Hashtable<String, ListenerPlugin> mListenerPlugins = null;
 
     /**
      * Internal constants
@@ -355,10 +355,10 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
 
             if (publisherClass != null) {
                 try {
-                    Class pc = Class.forName(publisherClass);
+                    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+					Class<ICRLPublisher> pc = (Class<ICRLPublisher>) Class.forName(publisherClass);
 
-                    mCRLPublisher = (ICRLPublisher)
-                            pc.newInstance();
+                    mCRLPublisher = pc.newInstance();
                     mCRLPublisher.init(this, cpStore);
                 } catch (ClassNotFoundException ee) {
                     log(ILogger.LL_FAILURE, CMS.getLogMessage("CMSCORE_CA_CA_NO_PUBLISHER", ee.toString()));
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
         return mPNotify.getListener(name);
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getRequestListenerNames() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getRequestListenerNames() {
         return mNotify.getListenerNames();
     }
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
      * <P>
      */
     public void shutdown() {
-        Enumeration enums = mCRLIssuePoints.elements();
+        Enumeration<CRLIssuingPoint> enums = mCRLIssuePoints.elements();
         while (enums.hasMoreElements()) {
             CRLIssuingPoint point = (CRLIssuingPoint)enums.nextElement();
             point.shutdown();
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
      * <P>
      * @return security service
      */
-    public Enumeration getCRLIssuingPoints() {
+    public Enumeration<CRLIssuingPoint> getCRLIssuingPoints() {
         return mCRLIssuePoints.elements();
     }
 
@@ -679,7 +679,8 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
     /**
      * Adds CRL issuing point with the given identifier and description.
      */
-    public boolean addCRLIssuingPoint(IConfigStore crlSubStore, String id,
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public boolean addCRLIssuingPoint(IConfigStore crlSubStore, String id,
                                       boolean enable, String description) {
         crlSubStore.makeSubStore(id);
         IConfigStore c = crlSubStore.getSubStore(id);
@@ -801,12 +802,12 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
             c.putString("extension.FreshestCRL.pointName0", "");
 
             String issuingPointClassName = null;
-            Class issuingPointClass = null;
+            Class<CRLIssuingPoint> issuingPointClass = null;
             CRLIssuingPoint issuingPoint = null;
 
             try {
                 issuingPointClassName = c.getString(PROP_CLASS);
-                issuingPointClass = Class.forName(issuingPointClassName);
+                issuingPointClass = (Class<CRLIssuingPoint>)Class.forName(issuingPointClassName);
                 issuingPoint = (CRLIssuingPoint) issuingPointClass.newInstance();
                 issuingPoint.init(this, id, c);
                 mCRLIssuePoints.put(id, issuingPoint);
@@ -1476,14 +1477,14 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
         IConfigStore implc = null;
         IConfigStore instc = null;
 
-        mListenerPlugins = new Hashtable();
+        mListenerPlugins = new Hashtable<String, ListenerPlugin>();
         try {
             // Get list of listener implementations
             lc = mConfig.getSubStore(PROP_LISTENER_SUBSTORE);
             if (lc != null) {
 
                 implc = lc.getSubStore(PROP_IMPL);
-                Enumeration names = implc.getSubStoreNames();
+                Enumeration<String> names = implc.getSubStoreNames();
 
                 while (names.hasMoreElements()) {
                     String id = (String) names.nextElement();
@@ -1498,7 +1499,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
                 }
 
                 instc = lc.getSubStore(PROP_INSTANCE);
-                Enumeration instances = instc.getSubStoreNames();
+                Enumeration<String> instances = instc.getSubStoreNames();
 
                 while (instances.hasMoreElements()) {
                     String id = (String) instances.nextElement();
@@ -1661,7 +1662,8 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
     /**
      * initialize CRL 
      */
-    private void initCRL()
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private void initCRL()
         throws EBaseException {
         IConfigStore crlConfig = mConfig.getSubStore(PROP_CRL_SUBSTORE);
 
@@ -1687,14 +1689,14 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
                 "initializing crl issue point " + issuePointId);
             IConfigStore issuePointConfig = null;
             String issuePointClassName = null;
-            Class issuePointClass = null;
+            Class<CRLIssuingPoint> issuePointClass = null;
             CRLIssuingPoint issuePoint = null;
 
             try {
                 issuePointConfig = crlConfig.getSubStore(issuePointId);
                 issuePointClassName = issuePointConfig.getString(PROP_CLASS);
-                issuePointClass = Class.forName(issuePointClassName);
-                issuePoint = (CRLIssuingPoint) issuePointClass.newInstance();
+                issuePointClass = (Class<CRLIssuingPoint>) Class.forName(issuePointClassName);
+                issuePoint = issuePointClass.newInstance();
                 issuePoint.init(this, issuePointId, issuePointConfig);
                 mCRLIssuePoints.put(issuePointId, issuePoint);
                 if (mMasterCRLIssuePoint == null && 
@@ -1803,7 +1805,7 @@ public class CertificateAuthority implements ICertificateAuthority, ICertAuthori
 
             // (3) look into database to check the
             //     certificate's status
-            Vector singleResponses = new Vector();
+            Vector<SingleResponse> singleResponses = new Vector<SingleResponse>();
             if (statsSub != null) {
               statsSub.startTiming("lookup");
             }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/IAttrSet.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/IAttrSet.java
index 4e8b0205d..28e36da61 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/IAttrSet.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/IAttrSet.java
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@ public interface IAttrSet extends Serializable {
      *
      * @return an enumeration of the attribute names.
      */
-    public Enumeration getElements();
+    public Enumeration<?> getElements();
 }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISecurityDomainSessionTable.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISecurityDomainSessionTable.java
index 3902d4433..ced3886cb 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISecurityDomainSessionTable.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISecurityDomainSessionTable.java
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ public interface ISecurityDomainSessionTable {
     public long getBeginTime(String sessionId);
     public int getSize();
     public long getTimeToLive();
-    public Enumeration getSessionIds();
+    public Enumeration<String> getSessionIds();
 }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISourceConfigStore.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISourceConfigStore.java
index fb8628ba2..03adb7009 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISourceConfigStore.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/ISourceConfigStore.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public interface ISourceConfigStore extends Serializable {
      * @param name The property name
      * @return property value
      */
-    public Object get(String name);
+    public String get(String name);
 
     /**
      * Retrieves a property.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public interface ISourceConfigStore extends Serializable {
      * @param name The property name
      * @param value The property value
      */
-    public void put(String name, Object value);
+    public String put(String name, String value);
 
     /**
      * Returns an enumeration of the config store's keys.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public interface ISourceConfigStore extends Serializable {
      * @see java.util.Hashtable#elements
      * @see java.util.Enumeration
      */
-    public Enumeration keys();
+    public Enumeration<String> keys();
 
     /**
      * Reads a config store from an input stream. 
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MessageFormatter.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MessageFormatter.java
index 16324fb91..8e186fc48 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MessageFormatter.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MessageFormatter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import java.util.ResourceBundle;
  */
 public class MessageFormatter {
 
-    private static final Class[] toStringSignature = { Locale.class };
+    private static final Class<?>[] toStringSignature = { Locale.class };
 
     /**
      * Retrieves the localized string.
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MetaInfo.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MetaInfo.java
index 1922e74c6..65e401743 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MetaInfo.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/MetaInfo.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class MetaInfo implements IAttrSet {
     public static final String REQUEST_ID = "requestId";
     public static final String IN_LDAP_PUBLISH_DIR = "inLdapPublishDir";
 
-    private Hashtable content = new Hashtable();
+    private Hashtable<String, Object> content = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
 
     /**	
      * Constructs a meta information.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class MetaInfo implements IAttrSet {
 
         sb.append("[\n");
         sb.append("  Meta information:\n");
-        Enumeration enum1 = content.keys();
+        Enumeration<String> enum1 = content.keys();
 
         while (enum1.hasMoreElements()) {
             String key = (String) enum1.nextElement();
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public class MetaInfo implements IAttrSet {
      * 
      * @return an enumeration of the attribute names.
      */
-    public Enumeration getElements() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getElements() {
         return content.keys();
     }
 }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/Nonces.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/Nonces.java
index 470ba654c..fde209332 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/Nonces.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/Nonces.java
@@ -28,25 +28,21 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  *
  * @version $Revision$, $Date$
  */
-public class Nonces implements IAuthInfo {
+public class Nonces  {
 
-    private Hashtable mNonces = new Hashtable();
-    private Vector mNonceList = new Vector();
+    private Hashtable<Long, X509Certificate> mNonces = new Hashtable<Long, X509Certificate>();
+    private Vector<Long> mNonceList = new Vector<Long>();
     private int mNonceLimit;
 
     /**
      * Constructs nonces.
      */
     public Nonces() {
-        mNonceLimit = 100;
-        Vector mNonceList = new Vector();
-        Hashtable mNonces = new Hashtable();
+        this(100);
     }
 
     public Nonces(int limit) {
         mNonceLimit = limit;
-        Vector mNonceList = new Vector();
-        Hashtable mNonces = new Hashtable();
     }
 
     public long addNonce(long nonce, X509Certificate cert) {
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/SessionContext.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/SessionContext.java
index 29c390acd..151c24205 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/SessionContext.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/base/SessionContext.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
  *
  * @version $Revision$, $Date$
  */
-public class SessionContext extends Hashtable implements IAuthInfo {
+public class SessionContext extends Hashtable<Object,Object> {
 
     /**
      *
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class SessionContext extends Hashtable implements IAuthInfo {
      */
     public static final String IPADDRESS = "ipAddress";
 
-    private static Hashtable mContexts = new Hashtable();
+    private static Hashtable<Thread, SessionContext> mContexts = new Hashtable<Thread, SessionContext>();
 
     /**
      * Constructs a session context.
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/common/NameValuePairs.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/common/NameValuePairs.java
index 678ccfee2..651de7820 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/common/NameValuePairs.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/common/NameValuePairs.java
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ import java.util.Vector;
  */
 public class NameValuePairs {
 
-    private Vector mPairs = new Vector();
+    private Vector<NameValuePair> mPairs = new Vector<NameValuePair>();
 
     // an index to speed up searching
     // The key is the name.  The element is the NameValuePair.
-    private Hashtable index = new Hashtable();
+    private Hashtable<String, NameValuePair> index = new Hashtable<String, NameValuePair>();
 
     /**
      * Constructs name value pairs.
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ public class NameValuePairs {
      *
      * @return a list of names
      */
-    public Enumeration getNames() {
-        Vector v = new Vector();
+    public Enumeration<String> getNames() {
+        Vector<String> v = new Vector<String>();
         int size = mPairs.size(); 
 
         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class NameValuePairs {
      *
      * @return name value objects
      */
-    public Enumeration elements() {
+    public Enumeration<NameValuePair> elements() {
         return mPairs.elements();
     }
 }    
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/ARequestNotifier.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/ARequestNotifier.java
index 3d3274869..65ddeac96 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/ARequestNotifier.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/ARequestNotifier.java
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ import com.netscape.certsrv.publish.IPublisherProcessor;
  * @version $Revision$, $Date$
  */
 public class ARequestNotifier implements IRequestNotifier {
-    private Hashtable mListeners = new Hashtable();
-    private Vector mNotifierThreads = new Vector();
-    private Vector mRequests = new Vector();
+    private Hashtable<String, IRequestListener> mListeners = new Hashtable<String, IRequestListener>();
+    private Vector<Thread> mNotifierThreads = new Vector<Thread>();
+    private Vector<String> mRequests = new Vector<String>();
     private int mMaxRequests = 100;
     private boolean mSearchForRequests = false;
     private int mMaxThreads = 1;
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class ARequestNotifier implements IRequestNotifier {
      *
      * @return enumeration of listener names
      */
-    public Enumeration getListenerNames() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getListenerNames() {
         return mListeners.keys();
     }
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class ARequestNotifier implements IRequestNotifier {
      *
      * @return enumeration of listeners
      */
-    public Enumeration getListeners() {
+    public Enumeration<IRequestListener> getListeners() {
         return mListeners.elements();
     }
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public class ARequestNotifier implements IRequestNotifier {
         if (mIsPublishingQueueEnabled) {
             addToNotify(r);
         } else if (mMaxThreads == 0) {
-            Enumeration listeners = mListeners.elements();
+            Enumeration<IRequestListener> listeners = mListeners.elements();
             if (listeners != null && r != null) {
                 while (listeners.hasMoreElements()) {
                     IRequestListener l = (IRequestListener) listeners.nextElement();
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ public class ARequestNotifier implements IRequestNotifier {
  */
 class RunListeners implements Runnable {
     IRequest mRequest = null;
-    Enumeration mListeners = null;
+    Enumeration<IRequestListener> mListeners = null;
     IRequestNotifier mRequestNotifier = null;
 
     /**
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class RunListeners implements Runnable {
      * @param r request
      * @param listeners list of listeners
      */
-    public RunListeners(IRequest r, Enumeration listeners) {
+    public RunListeners(IRequest r, Enumeration<IRequestListener> listeners) {
         mRequest = r;
         mListeners = listeners;
     }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/IRequestNotifier.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/IRequestNotifier.java
index 01527b672..ba06c6267 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/IRequestNotifier.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/certsrv/request/IRequestNotifier.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public interface IRequestNotifier extends INotify {
      *
      * @return enumeration of listener names
      */
-    public Enumeration getListenerNames();
+    public Enumeration<String>  getListenerNames();
 
     /**
      * Gets listener from the list of registered listeners.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public interface IRequestNotifier extends INotify {
      *
      * @return enumeration of listeners
      */
-    public Enumeration getListeners();
+    public Enumeration<IRequestListener>  getListeners();
 
     /**
      * Gets request from publishing queue.
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/policy/constraints/AgentPolicy.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/policy/constraints/AgentPolicy.java
index 2a98f12fd..3aeadabe5 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/policy/constraints/AgentPolicy.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/policy/constraints/AgentPolicy.java
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ public class AgentPolicy extends APolicyRule
             IConfigStore substore = config.getSubStore("params");
 
             try {
-                Class c = Class.forName(className);
+                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+				Class<APolicyRule> c = (Class<APolicyRule>) Class.forName(className);
 
                 Object o = c.newInstance();
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ public class AgentPolicy extends APolicyRule
      *
      * @return nvPairs A Vector of name/value pairs.
      */
-    public Vector getInstanceParams() {
+    public Vector<String> getInstanceParams() {
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ public class AgentPolicy extends APolicyRule
      *
      * @return nvPairs A Vector of name/value pairs.
      */
-    public Vector getDefaultParams() {
+    public Vector<String> getDefaultParams() {
         return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/BasicProfile.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/BasicProfile.java
index acaf9772a..68c706f5f 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/BasicProfile.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/BasicProfile.java
@@ -83,19 +83,19 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
     protected IConfigStore mConfig = null;
     protected IPluginRegistry mRegistry = null;
 
-    protected Vector mInputNames = new Vector();
-    protected Hashtable mInputs = new Hashtable();
-    protected Vector mInputIds = new Vector();
-    protected Hashtable mOutputs = new Hashtable();
-    protected Vector mOutputIds = new Vector();
-    protected Hashtable mUpdaters = new Hashtable();
-    protected Vector mUpdaterIds = new Vector();
+    protected Vector<String> mInputNames = new Vector<String>();
+    protected Hashtable<String, IProfileInput> mInputs = new Hashtable<String, IProfileInput>();
+    protected Vector<String> mInputIds = new Vector<String>();
+    protected Hashtable<String, IProfileOutput> mOutputs = new Hashtable<String, IProfileOutput>();
+    protected Vector<String> mOutputIds = new Vector<String>();
+    protected Hashtable<String, IProfileUpdater> mUpdaters = new Hashtable<String, IProfileUpdater>();
+    protected Vector<String> mUpdaterIds = new Vector<String>();
     protected IProfileAuthenticator mAuthenticator = null;
     protected String mAuthInstanceId = null;
     protected String mId = null;
     protected String mAuthzAcl = "";
 
-    protected Hashtable mPolicySet = new Hashtable();
+    protected Hashtable<String, Vector<ProfilePolicy>> mPolicySet = new Hashtable<String, Vector<ProfilePolicy>>();
 
     protected ILogger mSignedAuditLogger = CMS.getSignedAuditLogger();
 
@@ -343,11 +343,11 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         return mConfig;
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getInputNames() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getInputNames() {
         return mInputNames.elements();
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfileUpdaterIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getProfileUpdaterIds() {
         return mUpdaterIds.elements(); // ordered list
     }
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         return (IProfileUpdater) mUpdaters.get(name);
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfileOutputIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getProfileOutputIds() {
         return mOutputIds.elements(); // ordered list
     }
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         return (IProfileOutput) mOutputs.get(name);
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfileInputIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getProfileInputIds() {
         return mInputIds.elements(); // ordered list
     }
 
@@ -388,13 +388,13 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         String value) throws EProfileException {
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfilePolicySetIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getProfilePolicySetIds() {
         return mPolicySet.keys();
     }
 
     public void deleteProfilePolicy(String setId, String policyId) 
         throws EProfileException {
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies = mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         if (policies == null) {
             return;
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
                 outputInfo.getName(Locale.getDefault()));
             outputStore.putString(prefix + "class_id", outputId);
 
-            Enumeration enum1 = nvps.getNames();
+            Enumeration<String> enum1 = nvps.getNames();
 
             while (enum1.hasMoreElements()) {
                 String name = (String) enum1.nextElement();
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
                 inputInfo.getName(Locale.getDefault()));
             inputStore.putString(prefix + "class_id", inputId);
             
-            Enumeration enum1 = nvps.getNames();
+            Enumeration<String> enum1 = nvps.getNames();
 
             while (enum1.hasMoreElements()) {
                 String name = (String) enum1.nextElement();
@@ -772,16 +772,16 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         // String constraintClassId : if of the constraint plugin ex: basicConstraintsExtConstraintImpl
         // boolean createConfig : true : being called from the console. false: being called from server startup code
 
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies =  mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         IConfigStore policyStore = mConfig.getSubStore("policyset." + setId);
         if (policies == null) {
-            policies = new Vector();
+            policies = new Vector<ProfilePolicy>();
             mPolicySet.put(setId, policies);
             if (createConfig) {	
                 // re-create policyset.list
                 StringBuffer setlist =new StringBuffer();
-                Enumeration keys = mPolicySet.keys();
+                Enumeration<String> keys = mPolicySet.keys();
 
                 while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
                     String k = (String) keys.nextElement();
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
     }
 
     public IProfilePolicy getProfilePolicy(String setId, String id) {
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies =  mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         if (policies == null)
             return null;
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
 
     public void populateInput(IProfileContext ctx, IRequest request)
         throws EProfileException {
-        Enumeration ids = getProfileInputIds();
+        Enumeration<String> ids = getProfileInputIds();
 
         while (ids.hasMoreElements()) {
             String id = (String) ids.nextElement();
@@ -1067,8 +1067,8 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         }
     }
 
-    public Vector getPolicies(String setId) {
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+    public Vector<ProfilePolicy> getPolicies(String setId) {
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies =  mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         return policies;
     }
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
     public void populate(IRequest request)
         throws EProfileException {
         String setId = getPolicySetId(request);
-        Vector policies = getPolicies(setId);
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies = getPolicies(setId);
         CMS.debug("BasicProfile: populate() policy setid ="+ setId);
 
         for (int i = 0; i < policies.size(); i++) {
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         throws ERejectException {
         String setId = getPolicySetId(request);
         CMS.debug("BasicProfile: validate start on setId="+ setId);
-        Vector policies = getPolicies(setId);
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies = getPolicies(setId);
 
         for (int i = 0; i < policies.size(); i++) {
             ProfilePolicy policy = (ProfilePolicy)
@@ -1112,21 +1112,21 @@ public abstract class BasicProfile implements IProfile {
         CMS.debug("BasicProfile: validate end");
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfilePolicies(String setId) {
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+    public Enumeration<ProfilePolicy> getProfilePolicies(String setId) {
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies = mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         if (policies == null)
             return null;
         return policies.elements();
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getProfilePolicyIds(String setId) {
-        Vector policies = (Vector) mPolicySet.get(setId);
+    public Enumeration<String> getProfilePolicyIds(String setId) {
+        Vector<ProfilePolicy> policies = mPolicySet.get(setId);
 
         if (policies == null)
             return null;
 
-        Vector v = new Vector();
+        Vector<String> v = new Vector<String>();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < policies.size(); i++) {
             ProfilePolicy policy = (ProfilePolicy)
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/EnrollProfile.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/EnrollProfile.java
index 95c360f8c..8bc6f1903 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/EnrollProfile.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/profile/common/EnrollProfile.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateException;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.Hashtable;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ public abstract class EnrollProfile extends BasicProfile
         int seq_no = seq.intValue(); // start from 0
 
         int count = 0;
-        Enumeration setIds = getProfilePolicySetIds();
+        Enumeration<String> setIds = getProfilePolicySetIds();
 
         while (setIds.hasMoreElements()) {
             String setId = (String) setIds.nextElement();
@@ -369,7 +368,6 @@ public abstract class EnrollProfile extends BasicProfile
         }
         CMS.debug("EnrollProfile: Start parseCMC(): " + certreq);
 
-        Hashtable t1 = new Hashtable();
         TaggedRequest msgs[] = null;
 
         String creq = normalizeCertReq(certreq);
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/ACLAdminServlet.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/ACLAdminServlet.java
index c4fa440d1..4737e2f77 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/ACLAdminServlet.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/ACLAdminServlet.java
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
 
         NameValuePairs params = new NameValuePairs();
 
-        Enumeration res = mAuthzMgr.getACLs();
+        Enumeration<ACL> res = mAuthzMgr.getACLs();
 
         while (res.hasMoreElements()) {
             ACL acl = (ACL) res.nextElement();
@@ -291,16 +291,16 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
         IACL acl = mAuthzMgr.getACL(resourceId);
 
         if (acl != null) {
-            Enumeration en = acl.rights();
+            Enumeration<String> rightsEnum = acl.rights();
 
             StringBuffer rights = new StringBuffer();
 
-            if (en.hasMoreElements()) {
-                while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
+			if (rightsEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
+                while (rightsEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
                     if (rights.length() != 0) {
                         rights.append(",");
                     }
-                    String right = (String) en.nextElement();
+                    String right = rightsEnum.nextElement();
 
                     rights.append(right);
                 }
@@ -308,15 +308,16 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
 
             params.add(Constants.PR_ACL_OPS, rights.toString());
 
-            en = acl.entries();
+            Enumeration<ACLEntry> aclEntryEnum;
+            aclEntryEnum = acl.entries();
             String acis = "";
 
-            if (en.hasMoreElements()) {
-                while (en.hasMoreElements()) {
+            if (aclEntryEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
+                while (aclEntryEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
                     if (acis != "") {
                         acis += ";";
                     }
-                    ACLEntry aclEntry = (ACLEntry) en.nextElement();
+                    ACLEntry aclEntry = (ACLEntry) aclEntryEnum.nextElement();
                     String aci = aclEntry.getACLEntryString();
 
                     acis += aci;
@@ -466,10 +467,10 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
         HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException,
             EBaseException {
         NameValuePairs params = new NameValuePairs();
-        Enumeration res = mAuthzMgr.aclEvaluatorElements();
+        Enumeration<IAccessEvaluator> res = mAuthzMgr.aclEvaluatorElements();
 
         while (res.hasMoreElements()) {
-            IAccessEvaluator evaluator = (IAccessEvaluator) res.nextElement();
+            IAccessEvaluator evaluator =  res.nextElement();
 
             // params.add(evaluator.getType(), evaluator.getDescription());
             params.add(evaluator.getType(), evaluator.getClass().getName());
@@ -482,10 +483,10 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
         HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException,
             EBaseException {
         NameValuePairs params = new NameValuePairs();
-        Enumeration res = mAuthzMgr.aclEvaluatorElements();
+        Enumeration<IAccessEvaluator> res = mAuthzMgr.aclEvaluatorElements();
 
         while (res.hasMoreElements()) {
-            IAccessEvaluator evaluator = (IAccessEvaluator) res.nextElement();
+            IAccessEvaluator evaluator =  res.nextElement();
             String[] operators = evaluator.getSupportedOperators();
             StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer();
 
@@ -564,7 +565,7 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
                 destStore.getSubStore(ScopeDef.SC_ACL_IMPLS);
 
             // Does the class exist?
-            Class newImpl = null;
+            Class<?> newImpl = null;
 
             try {
                 newImpl = Class.forName(classPath);
@@ -787,7 +788,7 @@ public class ACLAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
             }
 
             // does the evaluator exist?
-            Hashtable mEvaluators = mAuthzMgr.getAccessEvaluators();
+            Hashtable<String, IAccessEvaluator> mEvaluators = mAuthzMgr.getAccessEvaluators();
 
             if (mEvaluators.containsKey(id) == false) {
                 log(ILogger.LL_FAILURE, "evaluator attempted to be removed not found");
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/AuthAdminServlet.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/AuthAdminServlet.java
index ff9b99115..4a7329c96 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/AuthAdminServlet.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/admin/AuthAdminServlet.java
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
      * @exception IOException an input/output error has occurred
      * @exception EBaseException an error has occurred
      */
-    private synchronized void addAuthMgrPlugin(HttpServletRequest req, 
+    
+	private synchronized void addAuthMgrPlugin(HttpServletRequest req, 
         HttpServletResponse resp, String scope)
         throws ServletException, IOException, EBaseException {
 
@@ -454,10 +455,13 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
                 destStore.getSubStore(scope);
 
             // Does the class exist?
-            Class newImpl = null;
+            
+            Class<IAuthManager> newImpl = null;
 
             try {
-                newImpl = Class.forName(classPath);
+                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+                Class<IAuthManager> tmpImpl = (Class<IAuthManager>) Class.forName(classPath);
+                newImpl = tmpImpl;
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                 // store a message in the signed audit log file
                 auditMessage = CMS.getLogMessage(
@@ -901,7 +905,7 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
             IOException, EBaseException {
 
         NameValuePairs params = new NameValuePairs();
-        Enumeration e = mAuths.getPlugins().keys();
+        Enumeration<String> e = mAuths.getPlugins().keys();
 
         while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
             String name = (String) e.nextElement();
@@ -922,7 +926,7 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
 
         NameValuePairs params = new NameValuePairs();
 
-        for (Enumeration e = mAuths.getInstances().keys();
+        for (Enumeration<?> e = mAuths.getInstances().keys();
             e.hasMoreElements();) {
             String name = (String) e.nextElement();
             AuthManagerProxy proxy = (AuthManagerProxy) mAuths.getInstances().get(name);
@@ -1018,7 +1022,7 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
 
             // first check if any instances from this auth manager
             // DON'T remove auth manager if any instance
-            for (Enumeration e = mAuths.getInstances().keys();
+            for (Enumeration<?> e = mAuths.getInstances().keys();
                 e.hasMoreElements();) {
                 IAuthManager authMgr = (IAuthManager) mAuths.get((String) e.nextElement());
 
@@ -1689,7 +1693,7 @@ public class AuthAdminServlet extends AdminServlet {
         store.removeSubStore(id);
         IConfigStore rstore = store.makeSubStore(id);
 
-        Enumeration keys = saveParams.getNames();
+        Enumeration<String> keys = saveParams.getNames();
 
         while (keys.hasMoreElements()) {
             String key = (String) keys.nextElement();
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/LDAPSecurityDomainSessionTable.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/LDAPSecurityDomainSessionTable.java
index da2a3ccbd..a421302b1 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/LDAPSecurityDomainSessionTable.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/LDAPSecurityDomainSessionTable.java
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ public class LDAPSecurityDomainSessionTable
     }
 
 
-    public Enumeration getSessionIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getSessionIds() {
         IConfigStore cs = CMS.getConfigStore();
         LDAPConnection conn = null;
-        Vector ret = new Vector();
+        Vector<String> ret = new Vector<String>();
 
         try {
             String basedn = cs.getString("internaldb.basedn");
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/SecurityDomainSessionTable.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/SecurityDomainSessionTable.java
index 3d3530f2e..75cc0fb60 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/SecurityDomainSessionTable.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cms/servlet/csadmin/SecurityDomainSessionTable.java
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ import com.netscape.certsrv.base.ISecurityDomainSessionTable;
 public class SecurityDomainSessionTable 
   implements ISecurityDomainSessionTable {
 
-    private Hashtable m_sessions;
+    private Hashtable<String, Vector<Comparable<?>>> m_sessions;
     private long m_timeToLive;
 
     public SecurityDomainSessionTable(long timeToLive) {
-        m_sessions = new Hashtable();
+        m_sessions = new Hashtable<String, Vector<Comparable<?>>>();
         m_timeToLive = timeToLive;
     }
 
     public int addEntry(String sessionId, String ip, 
       String uid, String group) {
-        Vector v = new Vector();
+        Vector<Comparable<?>> v = new Vector<Comparable<?>>();
         v.addElement(ip);
         v.addElement(uid);
         v.addElement(group);
@@ -60,33 +60,33 @@ public class SecurityDomainSessionTable
         return m_sessions.containsKey(sessionId);
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getSessionIds() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getSessionIds() {
         return m_sessions.keys();
     }
 
     public String getIP(String sessionId) {
-        Vector v = (Vector)m_sessions.get(sessionId);
+        Vector<Comparable<?>> v = m_sessions.get(sessionId);
         if (v != null)
             return (String)v.elementAt(0);
         return null;
     }
 
     public String getUID(String sessionId) {
-        Vector v = (Vector)m_sessions.get(sessionId);
+        Vector<Comparable<?>> v = m_sessions.get(sessionId);
         if (v != null)
             return (String)v.elementAt(1);
         return null;
     }
 
     public String getGroup(String sessionId) {
-        Vector v = (Vector)m_sessions.get(sessionId);
+        Vector<Comparable<?>> v = m_sessions.get(sessionId);
         if (v != null)
             return (String)v.elementAt(2);
         return null;
     }
 
     public long getBeginTime(String sessionId) {
-        Vector v = (Vector)m_sessions.get(sessionId);
+        Vector<Comparable<?>> v = m_sessions.get(sessionId);
         if (v != null) { 
             Long n = (Long)v.elementAt(3);
             if (n != null)
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/PropConfigStore.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/PropConfigStore.java
index e54b19d90..be8e70078 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/PropConfigStore.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/PropConfigStore.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class PropConfigStore implements IConfigStore, Cloneable {
      * @param name property name
      * @return property value
      */
-    public Object get(String name) {
+    public String get(String name) {
         return mSource.get(getFullName(name));
     }
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public class PropConfigStore implements IConfigStore, Cloneable {
      * @param name property name
      * @param value property value
      */
-    public void put(String name, Object value) {
-        mSource.put(getFullName(name), value);
+    public String put(String name, String value) {
+        return mSource.put(getFullName(name), value);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SimpleProperties.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SimpleProperties.java
index 924248d01..4eb1c839a 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SimpleProperties.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SimpleProperties.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import java.util.Hashtable;
  * non-<code>String</code> key or value, the call will fail.
  *
  */
-public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
+public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable<String,String> {
 
     /**
      *
@@ -340,9 +340,9 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
         if (header != null)
             writeln(awriter, "#" + header);
         writeln(awriter, "#" + new Date().toString());
-        for (Enumeration e = keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
-            String key = (String) e.nextElement();
-            String val = (String) get(key);
+        for (Enumeration<String> e = keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String key =  e.nextElement();
+            String val =  get(key);
 
             //           key = saveConvert(key);
             //           val = saveConvert(val);
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
      * @see     java.util.Properties#defaults
      */
     public String getProperty(String key) {
-        Object oval = super.get(key);
-        String sval = (oval instanceof String) ? (String) oval : null;
+        String oval = super.get(key);
+        String sval = (oval instanceof String) ?  oval : null;
 
         return ((sval == null) && (defaults != null)) ? defaults.getProperty(key) : sval;
     }
@@ -400,8 +400,8 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
      * @see     java.util.Enumeration
      * @see     java.util.Properties#defaults
      */
-    public Enumeration propertyNames() {
-        Hashtable h = new Hashtable();
+    public Enumeration<String> propertyNames() {
+        Hashtable<String, String> h = new Hashtable<String, String>();
 
         enumerate(h);
         return h.keys();
@@ -415,12 +415,12 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
      */
     public void list(PrintStream out) {
         out.println("-- listing properties --");
-        Hashtable h = new Hashtable();
+        Hashtable<String, String> h = new Hashtable<String, String>();
 
         enumerate(h);
-        for (Enumeration e = h.keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
-            String key = (String) e.nextElement();
-            String val = (String) h.get(key);
+        for (Enumeration<String> e = h.keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String key = e.nextElement();
+            String val = h.get(key);
 
             if (val.length() > 40) {
                 val = val.substring(0, 37) + "...";
@@ -444,12 +444,12 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
      */
     public void list(PrintWriter out) {
         out.println("-- listing properties --");
-        Hashtable h = new Hashtable();
+        Hashtable<String, String> h = new Hashtable<String, String>();
 
         enumerate(h);
-        for (Enumeration e = h.keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
-            String key = (String) e.nextElement();
-            String val = (String) h.get(key);
+        for (Enumeration<String> e = h.keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String key =  e.nextElement();
+            String val = h.get(key);
 
             if (val.length() > 40) {
                 val = val.substring(0, 37) + "...";
@@ -462,12 +462,12 @@ public class SimpleProperties extends Hashtable {
      * Enumerates all key/value pairs in the specified hastable.
      * @param h the hashtable
      */
-    private synchronized void enumerate(Hashtable h) {
+    private synchronized void enumerate(Hashtable<String, String> h) {
         if (defaults != null) {
             defaults.enumerate(h);
         }
-        for (Enumeration e = keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
-            String key = (String) e.nextElement();
+        for (Enumeration<String> e = keys(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            String key =  e.nextElement();
 
             h.put(key, get(key));
         }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SourceConfigStore.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SourceConfigStore.java
index 2b472c029..70af37cee 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SourceConfigStore.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/base/SourceConfigStore.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SourceConfigStore extends SimpleProperties implements ISourceConfig
      * @param name property name
      * @return property value
      */
-    public Object get(String name) {
+    public String get(String name) {
         return super.get(name); // from Properties->Hashtable
     }
 
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ public class SourceConfigStore extends SimpleProperties implements ISourceConfig
      *
      * @param name property name
      * @param value property value
+     * @return 
      */
-    public void put(String name, Object value) {
-        super.put(name, value); // from Properties->Hashtable
+    public String put(String name, String value) {
+        return super.put(name, value); // from Properties->Hashtable
     }
 }
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/request/RequestRecord.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/request/RequestRecord.java
index 76863ca9a..99764b911 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/request/RequestRecord.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/request/RequestRecord.java
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ class ExtAttrDynMapper implements IDBDynAttrMapper {
                 attrName.toLowerCase().startsWith(extAttrPrefix);
     }
 
-    public Enumeration getSupportedLDAPAttributeNames() {
+    public Enumeration<String> getSupportedLDAPAttributeNames() {
         return mAttrs.elements();
     }
 
diff --git a/pki/base/common/test/com/netscape/cmscore/request/ExtAttrDynMapperTest.java b/pki/base/common/test/com/netscape/cmscore/request/ExtAttrDynMapperTest.java
index 2a9a2ef00..f47cbe0ae 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/test/com/netscape/cmscore/request/ExtAttrDynMapperTest.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/test/com/netscape/cmscore/request/ExtAttrDynMapperTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.netscape.cmscore.request;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
     }
 
     public void testGetSupportedLdapAttributesNames() {
-        Enumeration attrs = mapper.getSupportedLDAPAttributeNames();
-        ArrayList attrsList = new ArrayList();
+        Enumeration<String> attrs = mapper.getSupportedLDAPAttributeNames();
+        ArrayList<String> attrsList = new ArrayList<String>();
         while (attrs.hasMoreElements()) {
             attrsList.add(attrs.nextElement());
         }
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
         LDAPAttributeSet attrs = new LDAPAttributeSet();
 
         // test with a key-value entry.
-        Hashtable extAttrsHash = new Hashtable();
+        Hashtable<String, Serializable> extAttrsHash = new Hashtable<String, Serializable>();
         extAttrsHash.put("foo;", "bar");
 
         mapper.mapObjectToLDAPAttributeSet(null, null, extAttrsHash, attrs);
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
 
         // test with a sub-hash.
         // this is used by vector/arrays and hashtables
-        Hashtable extAttrsValueHash = new Hashtable();
+        Hashtable<String, String> extAttrsValueHash = new Hashtable<String, String>();
         extAttrsValueHash.put("Baz", "Val1");
         extAttrsValueHash.put("bi;m", "val2");
 
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
                 requestRecord);
 
         assertEquals(1, requestRecord.setCallCounter);
-        Hashtable extData = (Hashtable)requestRecord.extAttrData.get(
+        Hashtable<?, ?> extData = (Hashtable<?, ?>)requestRecord.extAttrData.get(
                 IRequestRecord.ATTR_EXT_DATA);
         assertNotNull(extData);
 
@@ -214,12 +215,12 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
                 requestRecord);
 
         assertEquals(1, requestRecord.setCallCounter);
-        extData = (Hashtable)requestRecord.extAttrData.get(
+        extData = (Hashtable<?, ?>)requestRecord.extAttrData.get(
                 IRequestRecord.ATTR_EXT_DATA);
         assertNotNull(extData);
 
         assertTrue(extData.containsKey("o;key1"));
-        Hashtable okey1Data = (Hashtable)extData.get("o;key1");
+        Hashtable<?, ?> okey1Data = (Hashtable<?, ?>)extData.get("o;key1");
         assertEquals(3, okey1Data.keySet().size());
         assertTrue(okey1Data.containsKey("i;key11"));
         assertEquals("val11", (String)okey1Data.get("i;key11"));
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
         assertEquals("val13", (String)okey1Data.get("ikey13"));
 
         assertTrue(extData.containsKey("okey2"));
-        Hashtable okey2Data = (Hashtable)extData.get("okey2");
+        Hashtable<?, ?> okey2Data = (Hashtable<?, ?>)extData.get("okey2");
         assertEquals(2, okey2Data.keySet().size());
         assertTrue(okey2Data.containsKey("ikey21"));
         assertEquals("val21", (String)okey2Data.get("ikey21"));
@@ -261,11 +262,8 @@ public class ExtAttrDynMapperTest extends CMSBaseTestCase {
 
 
     class RequestRecordStub extends RequestRecordDefaultStub {
-        /**
-         *
-         */
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 4106967075497999274L;
-        Hashtable extAttrData = new Hashtable();
+        Hashtable<String, Object> extAttrData = new Hashtable<String, Object>();
         int setCallCounter = 0;
 
 
diff --git a/pki/base/util/src/netscape/security/util/ASN1CharStrConvMap.java b/pki/base/util/src/netscape/security/util/ASN1CharStrConvMap.java
index 5df6baef8..da0fd45c5 100644
--- a/pki/base/util/src/netscape/security/util/ASN1CharStrConvMap.java
+++ b/pki/base/util/src/netscape/security/util/ASN1CharStrConvMap.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
     {
 	Byte tagObj = Byte.valueOf(tag);
 	CharToByteConverter cbc = null;
-	Class cbcClass;
-	cbcClass = (Class)tag2CBC.get(tagObj);
+	Class<CharToByteConverter> cbcClass;
+	cbcClass = (Class<CharToByteConverter>)tag2CBC.get(tagObj);
 	if (cbcClass == null)
 	    return null;
 	cbc = (CharToByteConverter)cbcClass.newInstance();
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
     {
 	Byte tagObj = Byte.valueOf(tag);
 	ByteToCharConverter bcc = null;
-	Class bccClass = (Class)tag2BCC.get(tagObj);
+	Class<ByteToCharConverter> bccClass = tag2BCC.get(tagObj);
 	if (bccClass == null)
 	    return null;
 	bcc = (ByteToCharConverter)bccClass.newInstance();
@@ -110,14 +110,15 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
      * @param cbc	A CharToByteConverter for the tag.
      * @param bcc	A ByteToCharConverter for the tag.
      */
-    public void addEntry(byte tag, Class cbc, Class bcc)
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void addEntry(byte tag, Class<?> cbc, Class<?> bcc)
     {
-	Class current_cbc;
-	Class current_bcc;
+	Class<CharToByteConverter> current_cbc;
+	Class<ByteToCharConverter> current_bcc;
 	Byte tagByte = Byte.valueOf(tag);
 
-	current_cbc = (Class)tag2CBC.get(tagByte);
-	current_bcc = (Class)tag2BCC.get(tagByte);
+	current_cbc = (Class<CharToByteConverter>)tag2CBC.get(tagByte);
+	current_bcc = (Class<ByteToCharConverter>)tag2BCC.get(tagByte);
 	if (current_cbc != null || current_bcc != null)
 	{
 	    if (current_cbc != cbc || current_bcc != bcc)
@@ -134,15 +135,15 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
 	    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
 		"arguments not a CharToByteConverter or ByteToCharConverter");
 	}
-	tag2CBC.put(tagByte, cbc);
-	tag2BCC.put(tagByte, bcc);
+	tag2CBC.put(tagByte, (Class<CharToByteConverter>) cbc);
+	tag2BCC.put(tagByte, (Class<ByteToCharConverter>) bcc);
     }
 
     /**
      * Get and enumeration of all tags in the map.
      * @return 	An Enumeration of DER tags in the map as Bytes.
      */
-    public Enumeration getTags()
+    public Enumeration<Byte> getTags()
     {
 	return tag2CBC.keys();
     }
@@ -172,8 +173,8 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
 
     // private methods and variables.
 
-    private Hashtable tag2CBC = new Hashtable();
-    private Hashtable tag2BCC = new Hashtable();
+    private Hashtable<Byte, Class<CharToByteConverter>> tag2CBC = new Hashtable<Byte, Class<CharToByteConverter>>();
+    private Hashtable<Byte, Class<ByteToCharConverter>> tag2BCC = new Hashtable<Byte, Class<ByteToCharConverter>>();
 
     private static ASN1CharStrConvMap defaultMap;
 
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ public class ASN1CharStrConvMap
     static {
 	defaultMap = new ASN1CharStrConvMap();
 	defaultMap.addEntry(DerValue.tag_PrintableString,
-	    	CharToBytePrintable.class, ByteToCharPrintable.class);
+	    	(Class<?>)CharToBytePrintable.class, (Class<?>)ByteToCharPrintable.class);
 	defaultMap.addEntry(DerValue.tag_VisibleString,
 	    	CharToBytePrintable.class, ByteToCharPrintable.class);
 	defaultMap.addEntry(DerValue.tag_IA5String,