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| package com.sun.jdi; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides access to the class of an array and the type of |
| * its components in the target VM. |
| * |
| * @see ArrayReference |
| * |
| * @author Robert Field |
| * @author Gordon Hirsch |
| * @author James McIlree |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| public interface ArrayType extends ReferenceType { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new instance of this array class in the target VM. |
| * The array is created with the given length and each component |
| * is initialized to is standard default value. |
| * |
| * @param length the number of components in the new array |
| * @return the newly created {@link ArrayReference} mirroring |
| * the new object in the target VM. |
| * |
| * @throws VMCannotBeModifiedException if the VirtualMachine is read-only - see {@link VirtualMachine#canBeModified()}. |
| */ |
| ArrayReference newInstance(int length); |
| |
| /** |
| * Gets the JNI signature of the components of this |
| * array class. The signature |
| * describes the declared type of the components. If the components |
| * are objects, their actual type in a particular run-time context |
| * may be a subclass of the declared class. |
| * |
| * @return a string containing the JNI signature of array components. |
| */ |
| String componentSignature(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a text representation of the component |
| * type of this array. |
| * |
| * @return a text representation of the component type. |
| */ |
| String componentTypeName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the component type of this array, |
| * as specified in the array declaration. |
| * <P> |
| * Note: The component type of a array will always be |
| * created or loaded before the array - see |
| * <cite>The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification</cite>, |
| * section 5.3.3 - Creating Array Classes. |
| * However, although the component type will be loaded it may |
| * not yet be prepared, in which case the type will be returned |
| * but attempts to perform some operations on the returned type |
| * (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw |
| * a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}. |
| * Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if |
| * a reference type is prepared. |
| * |
| * @see Type |
| * @see Field#type() Field.type() - for usage examples |
| * @return the {@link Type} of this array's components. |
| */ |
| Type componentType() throws ClassNotLoadedException; |
| } |