## Copyright (C) 2007 Michael Goffioul
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {@var{a} =} javaArray (@var{classname}, @var{sz})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{a} =} javaArray (@var{classname}, @var{m}, @var{n}, @dots{})
##
## Create a Java array of size @var{sz} with elements of class
## @var{classname}.  @var{classname} may be a Java object representing a class
## or a string containing the fully qualified class name.  The size of
## the object may also be specified with individual integer arguments
## @var{m}, @var{n}, etc.
##
## The generated array is uninitialized.  All elements are set to null
## if @var{classname} is a reference type, or to a default value (usually 0)
## if @var{classname} is a primitive type.
##
## @example
## @group
## a = javaArray ("java.lang.String", 2, 2);
## a(1,1) = "Hello";
## @end group
## @end example
## @end deftypefn

function retval = javaArray (classname, varargin)

  if (nargin < 2)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  retval = javaMethod ("createArray", "org.octave.ClassHelper",
                        classname, [varargin{:}]);

endfunction