Dynamically resizing an Array using java
private static Object resizeArray (Object oldArray, int newSize) { int oldSize = java.lang.reflect.Array.getLength(oldArray); Class elementType = oldArray.getClass().getComponentType(); Object newArray = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance( elementType,newSize); int preserveLength = Math.min(oldSize,newSize); if (preserveLength > 0) System.arraycopy (oldArray,0,newArray,0,preserveLength); return newArray; } // Test routine for resizeArray(). public static void main (String[] args) { int[] a = {1,2,3}; a = (int[])resizeArray(a,5); a[3] = 4; a[4] = 5; for (int i=0; i<a.length; i++) System.out.println (a[i]); }