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package org.apache.flink.table.data.conversion;

import org.apache.flink.annotation.Internal;
import org.apache.flink.table.data.ArrayData;
import org.apache.flink.table.types.DataType;
import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.ArrayType;

import java.lang.reflect.Array;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import static org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper;

/**
 * Converter for {@link ArrayType} of {@link List} external type.
 */
@Internal
public class ArrayListConverter<E> implements DataStructureConverter<ArrayData, List<E>> {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

	private final E[] arrayKind;

	private final ArrayObjectArrayConverter<E> elementsConverter;

	private ArrayListConverter(E[] arrayKind, ArrayObjectArrayConverter<E> elementsConverter) {
		this.arrayKind = arrayKind;
		this.elementsConverter = elementsConverter;
	}

	@Override
	public void open(ClassLoader classLoader) {
		elementsConverter.open(classLoader);
	}

	@Override
	public ArrayData toInternal(List<E> external) {
		return elementsConverter.toInternal(external.toArray(arrayKind));
	}

	@Override
	public List<E> toExternal(ArrayData internal) {
		return Arrays.asList(elementsConverter.toExternal(internal));
	}

	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Factory method
	// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

	public static ArrayListConverter<?> create(DataType dataType) {
		final DataType elementDataType = dataType.getChildren().get(0);
		return new ArrayListConverter<>(
			createObjectArrayKind(elementDataType.getConversionClass()),
			ArrayObjectArrayConverter.createForElement(elementDataType));
	}

	/**
	 * Creates the kind of array for {@link List#toArray(Object[])}.
	 */
	private static Object[] createObjectArrayKind(Class<?> elementClazz) {
		// e.g. int[] is not a Object[]
		if (elementClazz.isPrimitive()) {
			return (Object[]) Array.newInstance(primitiveToWrapper(elementClazz), 0);
		}
		// e.g. int[][] and Integer[] are Object[]
		return (Object[]) Array.newInstance(elementClazz, 0);
	}
}

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