org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core
Interface IJavaArrayType

All Superinterfaces:

IJavaType

public interface IJavaArrayType

extends IJavaType

The type of an array on a Java debug target.

Clients are not intended to implement this interface.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

IJavaValue

Method Summary

IJavaType	getComponentType() Returns the type of the elements in this array.
IJavaArray	newInstance(int size) Returns a new instance of an array of this type, with the specified length.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core.IJavaType

getName, getSignature

Method Detail

newInstance

public IJavaArray newInstance(int size)
                       throws DebugException

Returns a new instance of an array of this type, with the specified length.

Parameters:

size - the length of the new array

Returns:

a new array of the specified length

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The DebugException's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.

getComponentType

public IJavaType getComponentType()
                           throws DebugException

Returns the type of the elements in this array.

Returns:

type

Throws:

DebugException - if this method fails. Reasons include:

• Failure communicating with the VM. The exception's status code contains the underlying exception responsible for the failure.