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