GenericArrayType (Java Platform SE 8 )

All Superinterfaces:

Type
```
public interface GenericArrayType
extends Type
```
GenericArrayType represents an array type whose component type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.

Since:

1.5

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method and Description
  
  Type getGenericComponentType()
  Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array.
  - Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.Type
    getTypeName

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`Type`	`getGenericComponentType()` Returns a `Type` object representing the component type of this array.

- Method Detail
  - getGenericComponentType
```
Type getGenericComponentType()
```
    Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array. This method creates the component type of the array. See the declaration of ParameterizedType for the semantics of the creation process for parameterized types and see TypeVariable for the creation process for type variables.
    
    Returns:
    
    a Type object representing the component type of this array
    
    Throws:
    
    TypeNotPresentException - if the underlying array type's component type refers to a non-existent type declaration
    
    MalformedParameterizedTypeException - if the underlying array type's component type refers to a parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason

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Interface GenericArrayType

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.reflect.Type

Method Detail

getGenericComponentType