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| 1 | /* | ||
| 2 | * Copyright (c) 1998, 2003, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. | ||
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| 4 | * | ||
| 5 | * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | ||
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| 8 | * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided | ||
| 9 | * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. | ||
| 10 | * | ||
| 11 | * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT | ||
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| 14 | * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that | ||
| 15 | * accompanied this code). | ||
| 16 | * | ||
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| 19 | * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | ||
| 20 | * | ||
| 21 | * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA | ||
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| 23 | * questions. | ||
| 24 | */ | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | package com.sun.jdi; | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | import java.util.List; | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | /** | ||
| 31 | * Provides access to the class of an array and the type of | ||
| 32 | * its components in the target VM. | ||
| 33 | * | ||
| 34 | * @see ArrayReference | ||
| 35 | * | ||
| 36 | * @author Robert Field | ||
| 37 | * @author Gordon Hirsch | ||
| 38 | * @author James McIlree | ||
| 39 | * @since 1.3 | ||
| 40 | */ | ||
| 41 | public interface ArrayType extends ReferenceType { | ||
| 42 | |||
| 43 | /** | ||
| 44 | * Creates a new instance of this array class in the target VM. | ||
| 45 | * The array is created with the given length and each component | ||
| 46 | * is initialized to is standard default value. | ||
| 47 | * | ||
| 48 | * @param length the number of components in the new array | ||
| 49 | * @return the newly created {@link ArrayReference} mirroring | ||
| 50 | * the new object in the target VM. | ||
| 51 | * | ||
| 52 | * @throws VMCannotBeModifiedException if the VirtualMachine is read-only - see {@link VirtualMachine#canBeModified()}. | ||
| 53 | */ | ||
| 54 | ArrayReference newInstance(int length); | ||
| 55 | |||
| 56 | /** | ||
| 57 | * Gets the JNI signature of the components of this | ||
| 58 | * array class. The signature | ||
| 59 | * describes the declared type of the components. If the components | ||
| 60 | * are objects, their actual type in a particular run-time context | ||
| 61 | * may be a subclass of the declared class. | ||
| 62 | * | ||
| 63 | * @return a string containing the JNI signature of array components. | ||
| 64 | */ | ||
| 65 | String componentSignature(); | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | /** | ||
| 68 | * Returns a text representation of the component | ||
| 69 | * type of this array. | ||
| 70 | * | ||
| 71 | * @return a text representation of the component type. | ||
| 72 | */ | ||
| 73 | String componentTypeName(); | ||
| 74 | |||
| 75 | /** | ||
| 76 | * Returns the component type of this array, | ||
| 77 | * as specified in the array declaration. | ||
| 78 | * <P> | ||
| 79 | * Note: The component type of a array will always be | ||
| 80 | * created or loaded before the array - see | ||
| 81 | * <cite>The Java™ Virtual Machine Specification</cite>, | ||
| 82 | * section 5.3.3 - Creating Array Classes. | ||
| 83 | * However, although the component type will be loaded it may | ||
| 84 | * not yet be prepared, in which case the type will be returned | ||
| 85 | * but attempts to perform some operations on the returned type | ||
| 86 | * (e.g. {@link ReferenceType#fields() fields()}) will throw | ||
| 87 | * a {@link ClassNotPreparedException}. | ||
| 88 | * Use {@link ReferenceType#isPrepared()} to determine if | ||
| 89 | * a reference type is prepared. | ||
| 90 | * | ||
| 91 | * @see Type | ||
| 92 | * @see Field#type() Field.type() - for usage examples | ||
| 93 | * @return the {@link Type} of this array's components. | ||
| 94 | */ | ||
| 95 | Type componentType() throws ClassNotLoadedException; | ||
| 96 | } | ||