GenericArrayType (Java SE 14 & JDK 14)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.lang.reflect, interface: GenericArrayType
Keywords: java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType interface

Module java.base
Package java.lang.reflect

# Interface GenericArrayType

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

  Modifier and Type | Method | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `Type` | `getGenericComponentType()` | Returns a `Type` object representing the component type of this array.

  ### Methods declared in interface java.lang.reflect.Type

  `getTypeName`

- ## Method Details

  - ### 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