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import java.lang.reflect.Array;

public class SampleMultiArrayReflection {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        // The oneDimA and oneDimB objects are one dimensional int arrays
        // with 5 elements.

        int[] dim1 = { 5 };
        int[] oneDimA = (int[]) Array.newInstance(int.class, dim1);
        int[] oneDimB = (int[]) Array.newInstance(int.class, 5);

        // The twoDimStr object is a 5 X 10 array of String objects.

        int[] dimStr = { 5, 10 };
        String[][] twoDimStr = (String[][]) Array.newInstance(String.class, dimStr);

        // The twoDimA object is an array of 12 int arrays. The tail
        // dimension is not defined. It is equivalent to the array
        // created as follows:
        //    int[][] ints = new int[12][];

        int[] dimA = { 12 };
        int[][] twoDimA = (int[][]) Array.newInstance(int[].class, dimA);
    }
}