/** @version 1.00 1997-03-11 @author Cay Horstmann */ import java.lang.reflect.*; import java.util.*; public class ArrayGrowTest { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] a = { 1, 2, 3 }; a = (int[])goodArrayGrow(a); arrayPrint(a); String[] b = { "Tom", "Dick", "Harry" }; b = (String[])goodArrayGrow(b); arrayPrint(b); System.out.println ("The following call will generate an exception."); b = (String[])badArrayGrow(b); } /** This method attempts to grow an array by allocating a new array and copying all elements. @param a the array to grow @return a larger array that contains all elements of a. However, the returned array has type Object[], not the same type as a */ static Object[] badArrayGrow(Object[] a) { int newLength = a.length * 11 / 10 + 10; Object[] newArray = new Object[newLength]; System.arraycopy(a, 0, newArray, 0, a.length); return newArray; } /** This method grows an array by allocating a new array of the same type and copying all elements. @param a the array to grow. This can be an object array or a fundamental type array @return a larger array that contains all elements of a. */ static Object goodArrayGrow(Object a) { Class cl = a.getClass(); if (!cl.isArray()) return null; Class componentType = cl.getComponentType(); int length = Array.getLength(a); int newLength = length * 11 / 10 + 10; Object newArray = Array.newInstance(componentType, newLength); System.arraycopy(a, 0, newArray, 0, length); return newArray; } /** A convenience method to print all elements in an array @param a the array to print. can be an object array or a fundamental type array */ static void arrayPrint(Object a) { Class cl = a.getClass(); if (!cl.isArray()) return; Class componentType = cl.getComponentType(); int length = Array.getLength(a); System.out.print(componentType.getName() + "[" + length + "] = { "); for (int i = 0; i < Array.getLength(a); i++) System.out.print(Array.get(a, i)+ " "); System.out.println("}"); } }