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01/*
02 * @(#)GenericArrayType.java	1.4 05/11/17
03 *
04 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
05 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
06 */
07
08package java.lang.reflect;
09
10/**
11 * <tt>GenericArrayType</tt> represents an array type whose component
12 * type is either a parameterized type or a type variable.
13 * @since 1.5
14 */
15public interface GenericArrayType extends Type {
16    /**
17     * Returns a <tt>Type</tt> object representing the component type
18     * of this array. This method creates the component type of the
19     * array.  See the declaration of {@link
20     * java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType ParameterizedType} for the
21     * semantics of the creation process for parameterized types and
22     * see {@link java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable TypeVariable} for the
23     * creation process for type variables.
24     *
25     * @return  a <tt>Type</tt> object representing the component type
26     *     of this array
27     * @throws TypeNotPresentException if the underlying array type's
28     *     component type refers to a non-existent type declaration
29     * @throws MalformedParameterizedTypeException if  the
30     *     underlying array type's component type refers to a
31     *     parameterized type that cannot be instantiated for any reason
32     */
33    Type getGenericComponentType();
34}
35