Create New Instance of a Two-Dimensional Array with Java Reflection Method

A new instance of a two dimensional array can be created using the java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance() method. This method basically creates the two-dimensional array with the required component type as well as length.

A program that demonstrates the creation of a two-dimensional array using the Array.newInstance() method is given as follows −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
public class Demo {
   public static void main (String args[]) {
      int size[] = {3, 3};
      int arr[][] = (int[][])Array.newInstance(int.class, size);
      System.out.println("The two-dimensional array is:");
      for(int[] i: arr) {
         for(int j: i ) {
            System.out.print(j + " ");
         }
         System.out.println();
      }
   }
}

Output

The two-dimensional array is:
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

Now let us understand the above program. A new instance of a two-dimensional array is created using the Array.newInstance() method. A code snippet which demonstrates this is as follows −

int size[] = {3, 3};
int arr[][] = (int[][])Array.newInstance(int.class, size);

Then the array elements are displayed using the nested for loop. A code snippet which demonstrates this is as follows −

System.out.println("The two-dimensional array is:");
for(int[] i: arr) {
   for(int j: i ) {
      System.out.print(j + " ");
   }
   System.out.println();
}