How do I convert Double[] to double[]?

I'm implementing an interface that has functionality similar to a table that can contain an types of objects. The interface specifies the following function:

double[] getDoubles(int columnIndex);

Where I'm stumped is that in my implementation, I'm storing the table data in a 2D Object array (Object[][] data). When I need to return the values, I want to do the following (it is assumed that getDoubles() will only be called on a column that contains doubles, so there will be no ClassCastExceptions):

double[] getDoubles(int columnIndex) {
    return (double[]) data[columnIndex];
}

But - Java doesn't allow Object[] to be cast to double[]. Casting it to Double[] is ok because Double is an object and not a primitive, but my interface specifies that data will be returned as a double[].

So I have two questions:

1. Is there any way I can get the column data out of the Object[][] table and return the array of primitives?
2. If I do change the interface to return Double[], will there be any performance impact?

Unfortunately you will need to loop through the entire list and unbox the Double if you want to convert it to a double[].

As far as performance goes, there is some time associated with boxing and unboxing primitives in Java. If the set is small enough, you won't see any performance issues.