376   }

   377 

   378   // If we fail to find an array klass, look again for its element type.

   379   // The element type may be available either locally or via constraints.

   380   // In either case, if we can find the element type in the system dictionary,

   381   // we must build an array type around it.  The CI requires array klasses

   382   // to be loaded if their element klasses are loaded, except when memory

   383   // is exhausted.

   384   if (sym->byte_at(0) == '[' &&

   385       (sym->byte_at(1) == '[' || sym->byte_at(1) == 'L')) {

   386     // We have an unloaded array.

   387     // Build it on the fly if the element class exists.

   388     symbolOop elem_sym = oopFactory::new_symbol(sym->as_utf8()+1,

   389                                                 sym->utf8_length()-1,

   390                                                 KILL_COMPILE_ON_FATAL_(fail_type));

   391     // Get element ciKlass recursively.

   392     ciKlass* elem_klass =

   393       get_klass_by_name_impl(accessing_klass,

   394                              get_object(elem_sym)->as_symbol(),

   395                              require_local);

   396     if (elem_klass != NULL && elem_klass->is_loaded()) {

   397       // Now make an array for it

   398       return ciObjArrayKlass::make_impl(elem_klass);

   399     }