diff --git a/org.eclipse.emf.ecore/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecore/plugin/ContentHandlerRegistryReader.java b/org.eclipse.emf.ecore/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecore/plugin/ContentHandlerRegistryReader.java
index cdbfae0..06be38d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.emf.ecore/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecore/plugin/ContentHandlerRegistryReader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.emf.ecore/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecore/plugin/ContentHandlerRegistryReader.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class ContentHandlerRegistryReader extends RegistryReader
           try
           {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-            Class<ContentHandler> contributorHandlerClass = Platform.getBundle(element.getNamespaceIdentifier()).loadClass(contributorClassName);
+            Class<ContentHandler> contributorHandlerClass = (Class)Platform.getBundle(element.getNamespaceIdentifier()).loadClass(contributorClassName);
             Map<String, String> parameters = new HashMap<String, String>();
             for (IConfigurationElement parameter : element.getChildren("parameter"))
             {