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19
20 package org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel;
21
22 /**
23  * Array class proxy interface.
24  * Represents Java arrays. It is a typed element, where type means type of
25  * individual elements of the array. So the type of int[][] is int[] and its
26  * type is int.
27  *
28  * <p><em><strong>Note:</strong> This type should not be subclassed or implemented
29  * by clients. It is generated from a MOF metamodel and automatically implemented
30  * by MDR (see <a HREF="http://mdr.netbeans.org/">mdr.netbeans.org</a>).</em></p>
31  */
32 public interface ArrayClass extends javax.jmi.reflect.RefClass {
33     /**
34      * The default factory operation used to create an instance object.
35      * @return The created instance object.
36      */
37     public Array createArray();
38     /**
39      * Creates an instance object having attributes initialized by the passed
40      * values.
41      * @param name Name of this element.
42      * @param contents List of features defined in the class represented by this
43      * object.
44      * @param superClassName
45      * @param interfaceNames
46      * @return The created instance object.
47      */
48     public Array createArray(java.lang.String JavaDoc name, java.util.List JavaDoc/*<org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.ClassMember>*/ contents, org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.MultipartId superClassName, java.util.List JavaDoc/*<org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.MultipartId>*/ interfaceNames);
49     /**
50      * Resolves a type by its name taking the current classpath into account when
51      * resolving classes.
52      * @param name Name of the type to be resolved.
53      * @return Resolves a type by its name taking the current classpath into account
54      * when resolving classes.
55      */
56     public org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.Type resolve(java.lang.String JavaDoc name);
57     /**
58      * Returns (and creates if necessary) an array of a given type.
59      * @param type
60      * @return Returns (and creates if necessary) an array of a given type.
61      */
62     public org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.Array resolveArray(org.netbeans.jmi.javamodel.Type type);
63 }
64
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