Module java.base

Package java.lang.reflect

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 java.lang.reflect.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