Array of Type Object

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John A. Bailo - 05 Jun 2007 23:48 GMT

If I do this:

    Object arguments = new Object[8];

And then

    arguments[0]= "John";

The compile throws an error:

    array required, but java.lang.Object found

Why?

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Owen Jacobson - 05 Jun 2007 23:53 GMT

> If I do this:
>
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> Why?

Because the static type (the type you declared) of the arguments
variable is not an array. Change the declaration: Object[] arguments
= new Object[8].

Owen

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John Bailo - 06 Jun 2007 00:18 GMT

>> If I do this:
>>
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> Owen

DUH!

Thanks>>>>

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Stefan Ram - 06 Jun 2007 00:15 GMT

>Object arguments = new Object[8];
>arguments[0]= "John";

public class Main
{ public static void main( final java.lang.String[] args )
{ final java.lang.Object array = new java.lang.Object[ 8 ];
java.lang.reflect.Array.set( array, 0, "Alpha" );
java.lang.System.out.print
( java.util.Arrays.toString(( java.lang.Object[] )array )); }}

[Alpha, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]

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