Internal process of Array Creation

[Bhagirathi Mallick]

Actually i want to know in which package
the class "[I" , "int" and "[java.lang.String " is present
and also how it is created

   public class ClassTest {  
        public static void main(String[] args) {  
            int[] aaa = new int[] { 11, 33 };  
            System.out.println("Class Name is "+aaa.getClass().getName());//Class Name is [I  
              
            int a = 0;  
            System.out.println( "Class Name is "+int.class.getName());//Class Name is int  
           String[] stringarr={"BHAGI"};
            System.out.println( "Class Name is "
               + stringarr.getClass().getName());//Class Name is [java.lang.String 
        }  
    }  

how it is created by the compiler.
please some one explain me.
thanks in advance...

[Jesper de Jong]

Those names such as "[I" and "[java.lang.String" are the internal names of "int[]" and "String[]". Paragraph 4.3 of the Java Virtual Machine Specification explains how these names work. For example, "[" means it's an array and "I" means "int".

The classes for arrays are things that are built-in into the compiler. You will not find a Java source file or *.class file anywhere for those classes.

[Winston Gutkowski]

Bhagirathi,

I broke up the long line in your code. Please don't put very long lines inside code tags (I suggest you give the UseCodeTags page another read).

Thanks

Winston