Arrays Help needed

[Arun Arun Kumar]

Hi,

Object[] objArray = new String[3];
objArray[0] = new String("One");
objArray [1] = new Object();

when i run the program i get

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ArrayStoreException: java.lang.Object
at Arays.MyArray.main(MyArray.java:27)

Can someone explain what "Object[] objArray = new String[3];" actually signifies,
why we are not getting compile time error at line 3?

Thanks,
Arun

[Rob Spoor]

Arun Arun Kumar wrote:Can someone explain what "Object[] objArray = new String[3];" actually signifies,

You are creating an array that can hold 3 String references, and assign it a reference of type Object[]. That's allowed because a String[] IS-A Object[].

why we are not getting compile time error at line 3?

Because the compiler doesn't know the Object[] reference actually refers to a String[] object. The reference type is Object[], and the compiler allows any Object reference to be an element of it. The JVM will complain at runtime though, because the JVM does know that the Object[] reference refers to a String[] object.