Java – casting serializable to derive HashMap

public class Message extends HashMap<String,String> implements Serializable{
    public MessageID ID;
    public int Encode(byte[] buff,int off);
    public int Decode(byte[] buff,int off);
    //...
}

And I sent it like this:

public static void ProcessMessage(Message msg) {
    Intent broadcastIntent = new Intent();
    broadcastIntent.setAction(Receiver.BROADCAST);
    broadcastIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
    broadcastIntent.putExtra("MESSAGE",(Serializable)msg);
    parentService.sendBroadcast(broadcastIntent);
    Print("Broadcasting intent to receiver ("+Receiver.BROADCAST+") from: "+parentService.toString());
}

And received the following:

public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
    Sys.Print("Receiver handling: "+intent.getAction());
    if(intent.getAction().equals(BROADCAST)){
        try {
            Message msg = (Message) intent.getSerializableExtra("MESSAGE");
            Sys.Print("Receiver handling " + msg.ID.toString());
        } catch(Exception ex){
            Sys.Print("Failed handling message, reason: "+ex.getStackTrace().toString());
        }
    }
}

But here I always get this: "failed to process message, reason: Java. Lang. ClassCastException: Java. Util. HashMap"

You know what might be wrong?

Stack trace:

com.myapp.Receiver.onReceive(Receiver.java:24)
android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher$Args.run(LoadedApk.java:709)
android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:138)
android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3701)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:878)
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:636)
dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Finally, if someone has a similar problem, I solve the problem:

public class Message implements Parcelable {
    public HashMap<String,String> Data;
    public Message(){
        Data=new HashMap<>();
    }
    public int Encode(byte[] buff,int off);
    public int Decode(byte[] buff,int off);
    public void Add(String i,String v);
    public String At(String i);
    public boolean ContainsKey(String i);
    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }
    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel out, int flags) {
        out.writeMap(this.Data);
    }
    public static final Parcelable.Creator CREATOR = new Parcelable.Creator() {
        public Message createFromParcel(Parcel in) {
            return new Message(in);
        }
        public Message[] newArray(int size) {
            return new Message[size];
        }
    };
    public Message(Parcel in) {
        Data=new HashMap<>();
        in.readMap(this.Data,String.class.getClassLoader());
    }
}

resolvent:

You won't like the answer

It is additionally stored in the bundle. Android makes some "optimization" on the contents of bundles, and if it knows the type, it will try to serialize / deserialize entries. Therefore, if you put any content that implements the map interface into the bundle, when you return it, you will have a HashMap