// generics/ArrayMaker.java
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import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.util.*;

public class ArrayMaker {
  private Class kind;
  public ArrayMaker(Class kind) { this.kind = kind; }
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  T[] create(int size) {
    return (T[])Array.newInstance(kind, size);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ArrayMaker stringMaker =
      new ArrayMaker(String.class);
    String[] stringArray = stringMaker.create(9);
    System.out.println(Arrays.toString(stringArray));
  }
}
/* Output:
[null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null]
*/