Array setChar() method in Java

The java.lang.reflect.Array.setChar() is an inbuilt method in Java and is used to change a specified char value to a specified index of a given object array.

Syntax:

Array.setChar(Object []array, int index, char value)

Parameter: This method takes three parameters:

array: This is an array of type Object which is to be updated.
index: This is the index of the array which is to be updated.
value: This is the char value that is to be set at the given index of the given array.

Return Value: This method has a void return type. Hence this doesn’t returns any value. The update reflects upon the Object array passed as the argument.

Exceptions: This method throws following exception:

NullPointerException– when the array is null.
IllegalArgumentException– when the given object array is not an Array.
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException– if the given index is not in the range of the size of the array.

Below is the implementation of Array.setChar() method:

Program 1:

// Java code to demonstrate setChar() 
// method of Array class 
  
import java.lang.reflect.Array; 
  
public class GfG { 
  
    // main method 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Declaring and defining char array 
        char ch[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' }; 
  
        System.out.print("Before Set : "); 
  
        // printing the array 
        for (char x : ch) { 
            System.out.print(x + " "); 
        } 
  
        char value = 'g'; 
  
        // setChar method of class Array 
        Array.setChar(ch, 1, value); 
  
        System.out.print("\nAfter Set : "); 
  
        // printing array 
        for (char x : ch) { 
            System.out.print(x + " "); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Before Set : a b c d e 
After Set : a g c d e

Program 2: To demonstrate java.lang.NullPointerException

// Java code to demonstrate setChar() 
// method of Array class 
  
import java.lang.reflect.Array; 
  
public class GfG { 
  
    // main method 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Declaring and defining char array to null 
        char b[] = null; 
  
        try { 
            char c = 'a'; 
  
            // Passing null array in parameter 
            Array.setChar(b, 5, c); 
        } 
        catch (Exception e) { 
            System.out.println("Exception : " + e); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception : java.lang.NullPointerException

Program 3: To demonstrate java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

// Java code to demonstrate 
// setChar() method of Array class 
  
import java.lang.reflect.Array; 
public class GfG { 
  
    // main method 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Declaring and defining char array 
        char b[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' }; 
  
        try { 
            char c = 'g'; 
            // Passing index 5 as parameter 
            // when the size is 4 instead 
            Array.setChar(b, 5, c); 
        } 
        catch (Exception e) { 
            System.out.println("Exception : " + e); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception : java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException

Program 4: To demonstrate java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

// Java code to demonstrate setChar() 
// method of Array class 
  
import java.lang.reflect.Array; 
public class GfG { 
  
    // main method 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        // Declaring and defining char variable 
        char b = 'b'; 
  
        try { 
            char c = 'g'; 
  
            // Passing a variable as parameter 
            // when an array is expected instead 
            Array.setChar(b, 5, c); 
        } 
        catch (Exception e) { 
            System.out.println("Exception : " + e); 
        } 
    } 
} 

Output:

Exception : java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Argument is not an array

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