diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/refseq/RefSeqCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/refseq/RefSeqCodec.java
index cec40b5bd..43063da17 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/refseq/RefSeqCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/refseq/RefSeqCodec.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class RefSeqCodec implements ReferenceDependentFeatureCodec<RefSeqFeature
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<RefSeqFeature> getFeatureType() {
         return RefSeqFeature.class;
     }
 }
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java
index ab1ac59d8..4e734294f 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/refdata/features/table/TableCodec.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class TableCodec implements ReferenceDependentFeatureCodec {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<TableFeature> getFeatureType() {
         return TableFeature.class;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/completegenomics/CGVarCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/completegenomics/CGVarCodec.java
index fef6c4ea0..c30da828e 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/completegenomics/CGVarCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/completegenomics/CGVarCodec.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class CGVarCodec implements FeatureCodec {
         return new VariantContext("CGI", array[3], start, end, alleles, VariantContext.NO_NEG_LOG_10PERROR, null, attrs);
     }
 
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<VariantContext> getFeatureType() {
         return VariantContext.class;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapCodec.java
index 90878dee7..535f607a1 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/hapmap/RawHapMapCodec.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class RawHapMapCodec implements FeatureCodec {
                 headerLine);
     }
 
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<RawHapMapFeature> getFeatureType() {
         return RawHapMapFeature.class;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/snpEff/SnpEffCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/snpEff/SnpEffCodec.java
index eada8521f..b5efb49a7 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/snpEff/SnpEffCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/snpEff/SnpEffCodec.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class SnpEffCodec implements FeatureCodec, SelfScopingFeatureCodec {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<SnpEffFeature> getFeatureType() {
         return SnpEffFeature.class;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/soapsnp/SoapSNPCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/soapsnp/SoapSNPCodec.java
index e169dbdfc..284c43e90 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/soapsnp/SoapSNPCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/soapsnp/SoapSNPCodec.java
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class SoapSNPCodec implements FeatureCodec, NameAwareCodec {
     /**
      * @return VariantContext
      */
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<VariantContext> getFeatureType() {
         return VariantContext.class;
     }
 
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
index cb505c717..19f58ddaa 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/codecs/vcf/AbstractVCFCodec.java
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractVCFCodec implements FeatureCodec, NameAwareCodec,
      *
      * @return the type of record
      */
-    public Class getFeatureType() {
+    public Class<VariantContext> getFeatureType() {
         return VariantContext.class;
     }