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+## Copyright (C) 2007 Michael Goffioul
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function file} {@var{a} =} javaArray (@var{class},@var{[M,N,...]})
+## @deftypefnx {Function file} {@var{a} =} javaArray (@var{class},@var{M},@var{N},...)
+##
+## Creates a Java array of size [@var{M},@var{N},...] with elements of
+## class @var{class}. @var{class} can be a Java object representing a class
+## or a string containing the fully qualified class name.
+##
+## The generated array is uninitialized, all elements are set to null
+## if @var{class} is a reference type, or to a default value (usually 0)
+## if @var{class} is a primitive type.
+##
+## @example
+## a = javaArray ("java.lang.String", 2, 2);
+## a(1,1) = "Hello";
+## @end example
+##
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function [ ret ] = javaArray (class_name, varargin)
+
+ switch length (varargin)
+ case 0
+ error ("missing array size");
+ case 1
+ dims = varargin{1};
+ otherwise
+ dims = [varargin{:}];
+ endswitch
+
+ ret = java_invoke ("org.octave.ClassHelper", "createArray", class_name, dims);
+
+endfunction