consider the instantiation " int COUNT[]=new int[]; "
here it is said that COUNT is a reference to an object. this object is instance of which class?
also we are using the length (COUNT.length) property for arrays.
so this length property must be a instance variable of a class. what is that class?
it is defined in the JLS.
Java Language Specification
Second Edition
10.8 Class Objects for Arrays
Every array has an associated Class object, shared with all other arrays with the same component type. The direct superclass of an array type is Object. Every array type implements the interfaces Cloneable and java.io.Serializable.
The JVM generates some Class objects dynamically (reference arrays and the interesting, but infrequently used Proxy classes). However arrays of primitives are, in some ways, primitive types themselves. (Primitives also have associated Class objects).
The compiler uses dedicated instructions for array handling as it does for primitives themselves.
