Type safety: Unchecked cast

<util:map id="someMap" map-class="java.util.HashMap" key-type="java.lang.String" value-type="java.lang.String">
    <entry key="some_key" value="some value" />
    <entry key="some_key_2" value="some value" />
</util:map>

private Map<String, String> someMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
someMap = (HashMap<String, String>)getApplicationContext().getBean("someMap");

private Map<String, String> someMap = (HashMap<String, String>)getApplicationContext().getBean("someMap");

if(getApplicationContext().getBean("someMap") instanceof HashMap) {
    private Map<String, String> someMap = (HashMap<String, String>)getApplicationContext().getBean("someMap");
}

@SuppressWarnings (value="unchecked")

someMap=getApplicationContext().getBean<HashMap<String, String>>("someMap");