/**
* This method provides a readable classname if it's an array, i.e. either the classname of the
* component type for arrays of java reference types or the name of the primitive type for arrays
* of java primitive types. Otherwise, it returns null.
*/
public static String getArrayClassName(String name) {
String className = null;
if (name.startsWith("[")) {
int index = name.lastIndexOf("[");
className = name.substring(index, name.length());
if (className.startsWith("[L")) {
className = className.substring(2, className.length() - 1);
} else {
try {
Class<?> c = Class.forName(className);
className = c.getComponentType().getName();
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
// Should not happen
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad class name " + name, e);
}
}
}
return className;
}
