Array class?

[rakesh sugirtharaj]

Does array have a corresponding class Class object?

[Campbell Ritchie]

private int[] array;
. . .
array = new int[3];
. . .
System.out.println(array.getClass());

Try it.

[rakesh sugirtharaj]

I did this

package mypack;

public class Test {


public static void main(String[] args) {
int[] array;

array = new int[3];
System.out.println(new Test().getClass());
System.out.println(array.getClass());
System.out.println("After array class");
}
}

and i got the output as

class mypack.Test
class [I
After array class

I dont understand the meaning of that class [I.... Can anyone explain whats going on?

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

The "name" of an array class is an open-bracket for each dimension of the array, followed by a descriptor that stands for the type of the array elements. So [I is an array of int, [[D is a double[][], and [java/lang/String; is a String[] .

[Roger Chung-Wee]

Try this also.

System.out.println(array.getClass().getName());