OnJava8-Examples/generics/ArrayMaker.java

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// generics/ArrayMaker.java
// (c)2021 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt
// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.
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import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;
public class ArrayMaker<T> {
private Class<T> kind;
public ArrayMaker(Class<T> kind) { this.kind = kind; }
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
T[] create(int size) {
return (T[])Array.newInstance(kind, size);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ArrayMaker<String> stringMaker =
new ArrayMaker<>(String.class);
String[] stringArray = stringMaker.create(9);
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(stringArray));
}
}
/* Output:
[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
*/