Added in API level 1

GenericArrayType

public interface GenericArrayType
implements Type

java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType


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

Summary

Public methods

abstract Type getGenericComponentType()

Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array.

Inherited methods

Public methods

getGenericComponentType

Added in API level 1
public abstract 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
Type 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 type declaration
MalformedParameterizedTypeException if the underlying array type's component type refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason