Re: -verbose:class and java.lang.Object[]

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.nospam>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:47:07 -0400

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Yao Qi wrote:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.nospam> writes:

Yao Qi wrote:

Does this mean java.lang.Object and java.lang.Object[] are different
class? I try to use Class.forName("java.lang.Object[]") to verify my
idea, but I find that there is no such class.

Yes, the array is a different class from the non-array.

Any document available on this issue? I read JVM specification, but I
do not find any thing relative to this. It is only said that (from In side
the JVM), "array is full-feathered [sic] object", but the class information is
not mentioned.

I do not understand your issue. The quote you provide (it's "full-fledged",
not "full-feathered" [1]) seems to answer your original question. What
knowledge do you seek?

Arrays are defined for Java in the Java Language Specification (JLS). Any
other documentation you find will perforce be based on that.
<http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/arrays.html>

[1] "Fledged" originally meant "feathered" but its meaning has widened.
Metaphorically, "full(y)-fledged" ("completely feathered") means "completely
qualified" or "entirely realized".
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/full-fledged>

--
Lew