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Array Initializer Doubt - Bert please explain..

 
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Hi All,

Please help me out in understanding the following code :


Why is there a type mismatch while converting from Pizza[] to Object ? Also let me know whether Object[] is-a Object?
 
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Hi,

The problem is that when you initialize a variable, the type of the init value must match the type of the variable.
Here, you have an Object type variable named "objects2" and you have a Pizza[] init value. Types don't match.

Arrays are extensions of the Object class. It is then possible to affect an array to an Object variable. The following code is valid:

Object[] objectsTab = {new Pizza(), new Pizza()};
Object obj = objectsTab;

I guess the difference is that during initialization, the JVM will allocated memory space to store the init value. I think that's why types must match, so that the JVM will have necessary information to allocate enough memory.

Sebastien
 
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It the above code the compiler cannot determine the type of array to be cerated. It can be Pizza[] or Object[]. So statement like this is illegal.

The following code compiles without error.

[ August 25, 2005: Message edited by: Vlado Zajac ]
 
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