diff --git a/ipojo/runtime/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/parser/ParseUtils.java b/ipojo/runtime/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/parser/ParseUtils.java
index a2227e5..1ee2c41 100644
--- a/ipojo/runtime/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/parser/ParseUtils.java
+++ b/ipojo/runtime/core/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/parser/ParseUtils.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
      * @param str the string form
      * @return the resulting list
      */
-    public static List parseArraysAsList(String str) {
+    public static List<String> parseArraysAsList(String str) {
         return Arrays.asList(parseArrays(str));
     }