1 /* java.lang.reflect.VMArray - VM class for array manipulation by reflection.
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38 
39 
40 package java.lang.reflect;
41 
42 import gnu.classpath.Configuration;
43 
44 final class VMArray
45 {
46 
47   static
48   {
49     if (Configuration.INIT_LOAD_LIBRARY)
50       {
51         System.loadLibrary("javalangreflect");
52       }
53   }
54 
VMArray()55   private VMArray() {} // Prohibits instantiation.
56 
57   /**
58    * Dynamically create an array of objects.
59    *
60    * @param type guaranteed to be a valid object type
61    * @param dim the length of the array
62    * @return the new array
63    * @throws NegativeArraySizeException if dim is negative
64    * @throws OutOfMemoryError if memory allocation fails
65    */
createObjectArray(Class type, int dim)66   static native Object createObjectArray(Class type, int dim);
67 
68 }
69