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package com.sun.source.tree;

import java.util.List;

/**

 * A tree node for an expression to create a new instance of an array.

 *

 * For example:

 * <pre>

 *   new <em>type</em> <em>dimensions</em> <em>initializers</em>

 *

 *   new <em>type</em> <em>dimensions</em> [ ] <em>initializers</em>

 * </pre>

 *

 * @jls 15.10.1 Array Creation Expressions

 *

 * @author Peter von der Ahé

 * @author Jonathan Gibbons

 * @since 1.6

 */

public interface NewArrayTree extends ExpressionTree {

    /**

     * Returns the base type of the expression.

     * May be {@code null} for an array initializer expression.

     * @return the base type

     */

    Tree getType();

    /**

     * Returns the dimension expressions for the type.

     *

     * @return the dimension expressions

     */

    List<? extends ExpressionTree> getDimensions();

    /**

     * Returns the initializer expressions.

     *

     * @return the initializer expressions

     */

    List<? extends ExpressionTree> getInitializers();

    /**

     * Returns the annotations on the base type.

     * @return the annotations

     */

    List<? extends AnnotationTree> getAnnotations();

    /**

     * Returns the annotations on each of the dimension

     * expressions.

     * @return the annotations on the dimensions expressions

     */

    List<? extends List<? extends AnnotationTree>> getDimAnnotations();

}