public ArrayType(int dimension,
                 OpenType<?> elementType)
          throws OpenDataException

Constructs an ArrayType instance describing open data values which are arrays with dimension dimension of elements whose open type is elementType.

When invoked on an ArrayType instance, the getClassName method returns the class name of the array instances it describes (following the rules defined by the getName method of java.lang.Class), not the class name of the array elements (which is returned by a call to getElementOpenType().getClassName()).

The internal field corresponding to the type name of this ArrayType instance is also set to the class name of the array instances it describes. In other words, the methods getClassName and getTypeName return the same string value. The internal field corresponding to the description of this ArrayType instance is set to a string value which follows the following template:

• if non-primitive array: <dimension>-dimension array of <element_class_name>
• if primitive array: <dimension>-dimension array of <primitive_type_of_the_element_class_name>

As an example, the following piece of code:

ArrayType<String[][][]> t = new ArrayType<String[][][]>(3, SimpleType.STRING);
 System.out.println("array class name       = " + t.getClassName());
 System.out.println("element class name     = " + t.getElementOpenType().getClassName());
 System.out.println("array type name        = " + t.getTypeName());
 System.out.println("array type description = " + t.getDescription());

would produce the following output:

array class name       = [[[Ljava.lang.String;
 element class name     = java.lang.String
 array type name        = [[[Ljava.lang.String;
 array type description = 3-dimension array of java.lang.String

And the following piece of code which is equivalent to the one listed above would also produce the same output:

ArrayType<String[]> t1 = new ArrayType<String[]>(1, SimpleType.STRING);
 ArrayType<String[][]> t2 = new ArrayType<String[][]>(1, t1);
 ArrayType<String[][][]> t3 = new ArrayType<String[][][]>(1, t2);
 System.out.println("array class name       = " + t3.getClassName());
 System.out.println("element class name     = " + t3.getElementOpenType().getClassName());
 System.out.println("array type name        = " + t3.getTypeName());
 System.out.println("array type description = " + t3.getDescription());

public ArrayType(SimpleType<?> elementType,
                 boolean primitiveArray)
          throws OpenDataException

Constructs a unidimensional ArrayType instance for the supplied SimpleType.

This constructor supports the creation of arrays of primitive types when primitiveArray is true.

For primitive arrays the getElementOpenType() method returns the SimpleType corresponding to the wrapper type of the primitive type of the array.

When invoked on an ArrayType instance, the getClassName method returns the class name of the array instances it describes (following the rules defined by the getName method of java.lang.Class), not the class name of the array elements (which is returned by a call to getElementOpenType().getClassName()).

The internal field corresponding to the type name of this ArrayType instance is also set to the class name of the array instances it describes. In other words, the methods getClassName and getTypeName return the same string value. The internal field corresponding to the description of this ArrayType instance is set to a string value which follows the following template:

• if non-primitive array: 1-dimension array of <element_class_name>
• if primitive array: 1-dimension array of <primitive_type_of_the_element_class_name>

As an example, the following piece of code:

ArrayType<int[]> t = new ArrayType<int[]>(SimpleType.INTEGER, true);
 System.out.println("array class name       = " + t.getClassName());
 System.out.println("element class name     = " + t.getElementOpenType().getClassName());
 System.out.println("array type name        = " + t.getTypeName());
 System.out.println("array type description = " + t.getDescription());

would produce the following output:

array class name       = [I
 element class name     = java.lang.Integer
 array type name        = [I
 array type description = 1-dimension array of int

public int getDimension()

public OpenType<?> getElementOpenType()

public boolean isPrimitiveArray()

public boolean isValue(Object obj)

Tests whether obj is a value for this ArrayType instance.

This method returns true if and only if obj is not null, obj is an array and any one of the following is true:

• if this ArrayType instance describes an array of SimpleType elements or their corresponding primitive types, obj's class name is the same as the className field defined for this ArrayType instance (i.e. the class name returned by the getClassName method, which includes the dimension information),
  
• if this ArrayType instance describes an array of classes implementing the TabularData interface or the CompositeData interface, obj is assignable to such a declared array, and each element contained in {obj is either null or a valid value for the element's open type specified by this ArrayType instance.

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares the specified obj parameter with this ArrayType instance for equality.

Two ArrayType instances are equal if and only if they describe array instances which have the same dimension, elements' open type and primitive array flag.

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code value for this ArrayType instance.

The hash code of an ArrayType instance is the sum of the hash codes of all the elements of information used in equals comparisons (i.e. dimension, elements' open type and primitive array flag). The hashcode for a primitive value is the hashcode of the corresponding boxed object (e.g. the hashcode for true is Boolean.TRUE.hashCode()). This ensures that t1.equals(t2) implies that t1.hashCode()==t2.hashCode() for any two ArrayType instances t1 and t2, as required by the general contract of the method Object.hashCode().

As ArrayType instances are immutable, the hash code for this instance is calculated once, on the first call to hashCode, and then the same value is returned for subsequent calls.

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this ArrayType instance.

The string representation consists of the name of this class (i.e. javax.management.openmbean.ArrayType), the type name, the dimension, the elements' open type and the primitive array flag defined for this instance.

As ArrayType instances are immutable, the string representation for this instance is calculated once, on the first call to toString, and then the same value is returned for subsequent calls.

public static <E> ArrayType<E[]> getArrayType(OpenType<E> elementType)
                                       throws OpenDataException

Create an ArrayType instance in a type-safe manner.

Multidimensional arrays can be built up by calling this method as many times as necessary.

Calling this method twice with the same parameters may return the same object or two equal but not identical objects.

As an example, the following piece of code:

ArrayType<String[]> t1 = ArrayType.getArrayType(SimpleType.STRING);
 ArrayType<String[][]> t2 = ArrayType.getArrayType(t1);
 ArrayType<String[][][]> t3 = ArrayType.getArrayType(t2);
 System.out.println("array class name       = " + t3.getClassName());
 System.out.println("element class name     = " + t3.getElementOpenType().getClassName());
 System.out.println("array type name        = " + t3.getTypeName());
 System.out.println("array type description = " + t3.getDescription());

would produce the following output:

array class name       = [[[Ljava.lang.String;
 element class name     = java.lang.String
 array type name        = [[[Ljava.lang.String;
 array type description = 3-dimension array of java.lang.String

public static <T> ArrayType<T> getPrimitiveArrayType(Class<T> arrayClass)

Create an ArrayType instance in a type-safe manner.

Calling this method twice with the same parameters may return the same object or two equal but not identical objects.

As an example, the following piece of code:

ArrayType<int[][][]> t = ArrayType.getPrimitiveArrayType(int[][][].class);
 System.out.println("array class name       = " + t.getClassName());
 System.out.println("element class name     = " + t.getElementOpenType().getClassName());
 System.out.println("array type name        = " + t.getTypeName());
 System.out.println("array type description = " + t.getDescription());

would produce the following output:

array class name       = [[[I
 element class name     = java.lang.Integer
 array type name        = [[[I
 array type description = 3-dimension array of int