Create array and set its element value using reflection - Java Reflection

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Description

Create array and set its element value using reflection

Demo Code

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.Arrays;
import static java.lang.System.out;

public class ArrayCreator {
    private static String s = "java.math.BigInteger bi[] = { 123, 234, 345 }";
    private static Pattern p = Pattern
            .compile("^\\s*(\\S+)\\s*\\w+\\[\\].*\\{\\s*([^}]+)\\s*\\}");

    public static void main(String... args) {
        Matcher m = p.matcher(s);

        if (m.find()) {
            String cName = m.group(1);
            String[] cVals = m.group(2).split("[\\s,]+");
            int n = cVals.length;

            try {
                Class<?> c = Class.forName(cName);
                Object o = Array.newInstance(c, n);
                for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
                    String v = cVals[i];
                    Constructor ctor = c.getConstructor(String.class);
                    Object val = ctor.newInstance(v);
                    Array.set(o, i, val);
                }/*from w ww .  jav  a  2s .  c  o  m*/

                Object[] oo = (Object[]) o;
                out.format("%s[] = %s%n", cName, Arrays.toString(oo));

                // production code should handle these exceptions more gracefully
            } catch (ClassNotFoundException x) {
                x.printStackTrace();
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException x) {
                x.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IllegalAccessException x) {
                x.printStackTrace();
            } catch (InstantiationException x) {
                x.printStackTrace();
            } catch (InvocationTargetException x) {
                x.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}

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