Can't handle arrays as arguments or returns from methods

Tavis Elliott — Fri, 09 Feb 2001 18:49:05 -0000

In com/techtrader/modules/tools/bytecode, the file LowLevelHelper has a method getExternalForm(). If the flag humanReadable is true, then the method is supposed to return a human readable form.

The following statement needs to be changed:

if (!humanReadable && (internalName.startsWith ("[") ||
internalName.length () == 1)
return internalName;

to:

if (humanReadable && (internalName.startsWith ("[") ||
internalName.length () == 1)
return internalName;

Also, the array handling dies when being used for Class.forName() purposes. With Java 1.3, Class.forName( "java.lang.Object[]" ) throws a ClassNotFoundException, you actually have to use the human-readable "[Ljava.lang.Object;" form.

If the rest of the method is also modified to do this, then it works. (You have to remember to strip the L, ; from non-array references, though)

-Tavis Elliott

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Can't handle arrays as arguments or returns from methods