interface GenericArrayType : Type
GenericArrayType represents an array type whose component type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.
Summary
| Public methods |
| abstract Type |
Returns a Type object representing the component type of this array.
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| Inherited functions |
From class Type
String |
getTypeName()
Returns a string describing this type, including information about any type parameters.
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Public methods
getGenericComponentType
abstract fun getGenericComponentType(): Type
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.
| Return |
Type |
a Type object representing the component type of this array |
| Exceptions |
java.lang.TypeNotPresentException |
if the underlying array type's component type refers to a non-existent type declaration |
java.lang.reflect.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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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.
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