Package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core

Interface IJavaArrayType

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable, org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IDebugElement, IJavaReferenceType, IJavaType

public interface IJavaArrayType
extends IJavaReferenceType

The type of an array on a Java debug target.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

• IJavaValue

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
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.core.runtime.IAdaptable

getAdapter

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.debug.core.model.IDebugElement

getDebugTarget, getLaunch, getModelIdentifier

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

getAllFieldNames, getAvailableStrata, getClassLoaderObject, getClassObject, getDeclaredFieldNames, getDefaultStratum, getField, getGenericSignature, getInstanceCount, getInstances, getSourceName, getSourceNames, getSourcePaths

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

getName, getSignature

Method Details

newInstance

IJavaArray newInstance(int size)
                throws org.eclipse.debug.core.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:

org.eclipse.debug.core.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

IJavaType getComponentType()
                    throws org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException

Returns the type of the elements in this array.

Returns:

type

Throws:

org.eclipse.debug.core.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.