Index: pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/TextNormalize.java
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--- pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/TextNormalize.java	(Revision 1346316)
+++ pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/util/TextNormalize.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 public class TextNormalize 
 {
     private ICU4JImpl icu4j = null;
-    private static final HashMap DIACHASH = new HashMap();
+    private static final HashMap<Integer,String> DIACHASH = new HashMap<Integer,String>();
     private String outputEncoding;
 
     /**
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
             // convert the characters not defined in the Unicode spec
             if(DIACHASH.containsKey(c))
             {
-                return (String)DIACHASH.get(c);
+                return DIACHASH.get(c);
             }
             else if (icu4j != null) 
             {