Interface GenericArrayType

All Superinterfaces:: Type

public interface GenericArrayType extends Type

GenericArrayType represents an array type whose component type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.

See Java Language Specification:: 10.1 Array Types
Since:: 1.5

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Type`	`getGenericComponentType()`	Returns a `Type` object representing the component type of this array.

Methods declared in interface Type

getTypeName

Method Details

getGenericComponentType

Type getGenericComponentType()

Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array. This method creates the component type of the array. See the declaration of ParameterizedType for the semantics of the creation process for parameterized types and see TypeVariable for the creation process for type variables.

Returns:: a Type object representing the component type of this array
Throws:: TypeNotPresentException - if the underlying array type's component type refers to a non-existent class or interface declaration; MalformedParameterizedTypeException - if the underlying array type's component type refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

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