How does array class work in Java?

Question

In Java, array is a class and extends Object. I am curious to know about this special array class. I don\'t find the class definition anywhere. Doing a getClass().getNam

Answer 1

The Java Virtual Machine Specification explains in section 4.2 what names such as [Ljava.lang.String; mean. See: 4.2 The Internal Form of Fully Qualified Class and Interface Names.

In this case the [ means this is an array type, and Lclassname; indicates that this is an array of references to objects of type classname.

So [Ljava.lang.String; means String[].