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package org.eclipse.jdt.debug.core;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.DebugException;
/**
* The type of an array on a Java debug target.
*
* @see IJavaValue
* @since 2.0
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
*/
public interface IJavaArrayType extends IJavaReferenceType {
/**
* Returns a new instance of an array of this type, with the specified
* length.
*
* @param size
* the length of the new array
* @return a new array of the specified length
* @exception DebugException
* if this method fails. Reasons include:
* <ul>
* <li>Failure communicating with the VM. The
* DebugException's status code contains the underlying
* exception responsible for the failure.</li>
* </ul>
*/
public IJavaArray newInstance(int size) throws DebugException;
/**
* Returns the type of the elements in this array.
*
* @return type
* @exception DebugException
* if this method fails. Reasons include:
* <ul>
* <li>Failure communicating with the VM. The exception's
* status code contains the underlying exception responsible
* for the failure.</li>
* </ul>
*/
public IJavaType getComponentType() throws DebugException;
}