Here you can find the source of toJavaSourceType(String type)
public static String toJavaSourceType(String type)
//package com.java2s; /*// ww w .j a v a 2 s. c om * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Class.getName() return arrays in the form "[[[<et>", where et, the * element type can be one of ZBCDFIJS or L<classname>; It is converted * into forms that can be understood by javac. */ public static String toJavaSourceType(String type) { if (type.charAt(0) != '[') { return type; } int dims = 1; String t = null; for (int i = 1; i < type.length(); i++) { if (type.charAt(i) == '[') { dims++; } else { switch (type.charAt(i)) { case 'Z': t = "boolean"; break; case 'B': t = "byte"; break; case 'C': t = "char"; break; case 'D': t = "double"; break; case 'F': t = "float"; break; case 'I': t = "int"; break; case 'J': t = "long"; break; case 'S': t = "short"; break; case 'L': t = type.substring(i + 1, type.indexOf(';')); break; } break; } } StringBuilder resultType = new StringBuilder(t); for (; dims > 0; dims--) { resultType.append("[]"); } return resultType.toString(); } }