10.5 A r r a y s o f Objects | 49710.5 Arrays of Objects
Although arrays with atomic components are very common, many applications require a col-
lection of composite objects. For example, a business may need a list of parts records, and a
teacher may need a list of students in a class. Arrays are ideal for these applications. We
simply define an array whose components are references to objects.
Arrays of Strings
Let’s define an array of strings, each of which is a grocery item. Declaring and creating an ar-
ray of objects is exactly like declaring and creating an array where the components are
atomic types.
String[] groceryItems = new String[10]; // Array of references to strings