Java - Is it possible to subclass an array? And more questions about arrays in Java

Question

These questions are purely asked out of curiosity. I don\'t actually need to subclass an array, I\'m just trying to figure out more about how they work in Java.

Answer 1

There is no array class in Java.

Interestingly, arrays are objects (but not class instances):

An object is a class instance or an array.

More here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/html/jls-10.html

The classes implementing java.util.List provide a more object-oriented implementation of array-like structures.