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.
- Since:
- 1.5
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 type declaration
MalformedParameterizedTypeException

- if the
underlying array type's component type refers to a
parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason