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package sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects;

import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;


Implementation of GenericArrayType interface for core reflection.
/**
 * Implementation of GenericArrayType interface for core reflection.
 */
public class GenericArrayTypeImpl
    implements GenericArrayType {
    private Type genericComponentType;

    // private constructor enforces use of static factory
    private GenericArrayTypeImpl(Type ct) {
        genericComponentType = ct;
    }

    
Factory method.
Params:
ct – - the desired component type of the generic array type
being created
Returns:
a generic array type with the desired component type/**
     * Factory method.
     * @param ct - the desired component type of the generic array type
     * being created
     * @return a generic array type with the desired component type
     */
    public static GenericArrayTypeImpl make(Type ct) {
        return new GenericArrayTypeImpl(ct);
    }


    
Returns  a Type object representing the component type
of this array.
Returns:
 a Type object representing the component type
    of this array
Since:
1.5/**
     * Returns  a <tt>Type</tt> object representing the component type
     * of this array.
     *
     * @return  a <tt>Type</tt> object representing the component type
     *     of this array
     * @since 1.5
     */
    public Type getGenericComponentType() {
        return genericComponentType; // return cached component type
    }

    public String toString() {
        Type componentType = getGenericComponentType();
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

        if (componentType instanceof Class)
            sb.append(((Class)componentType).getName() );
        else
            sb.append(componentType.toString());
        sb.append("[]");
        return sb.toString();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (o instanceof GenericArrayType) {
            GenericArrayType that = (GenericArrayType) o;

            Type thatComponentType = that.getGenericComponentType();
            return genericComponentType == null ?
                thatComponentType == null :
                genericComponentType.equals(thatComponentType);
        } else
            return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return (genericComponentType == null) ?
            0:
            genericComponentType.hashCode();
    }
}