Arrays.java

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package org.flasby.util;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;



/**
 * typesafe operations on arrays not provided elsewhere.
 * 
 * @author steve
 *
 */
public final class Arrays {

	private Arrays() {
	}

	/**
	 * allocates a new, empty, array.
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param size
	 * @param cls
	 * @return
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static <T> T[] newArray(int size, Class<T> cls) {
		return (T[]) Array.newInstance(cls, size);
	}

	public static String[] asArray(String... args) {
        return args;
    }
}