/* Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
*
* Licensed 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
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*/
import java.lang.reflect.Array;
/**
* Operations on arrays, primitive arrays (like int[]) and
* primitive wrapper arrays (like Integer[]).
*
* This class tries to handle null input gracefully.
* An exception will not be thrown for a null
* array input. However, an Object array that contains a null
* element may throw an exception. Each method documents its behaviour.
*
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author Moritz Petersen
* @author Fredrik Westermarck
* @author Nikolay Metchev
* @author Matthew Hawthorne
* @author Tim O'Brien
* @author Pete Gieser
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Ashwin S
* @author Maarten Coene
* @since 2.0
* @version $Id: ArrayUtils.java 632503 2008-03-01 00:21:52Z ggregory $
*/
public class Main {
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Returns the length of the specified array.
* This method can deal with Object arrays and with primitive arrays.
*
* If the input array is null, 0 is returned.
*
*
* ArrayUtils.getLength(null) = 0
* ArrayUtils.getLength([]) = 0
* ArrayUtils.getLength([null]) = 1
* ArrayUtils.getLength([true, false]) = 2
* ArrayUtils.getLength([1, 2, 3]) = 3
* ArrayUtils.getLength(["a", "b", "c"]) = 3
*
*
* @param array the array to retrieve the length from, may be null
* @return The length of the array, or 0 if the array is null
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the object arguement is not an array.
* @since 2.1
*/
public static int getLength(Object array) {
if (array == null) {
return 0;
}
return Array.getLength(array);
}
}