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

From interface


        
          java.lang.reflect.Type


      getTypeName()

Returns a string describing this type, including information about any type parameters.

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