Copies an array from the specified source array, beginning at the specified position, to the specified position of the destination array. A subsequence of array components are copied from the source array referenced by
src
to the destination array referenced by
dest
. The number of components copied is equal to the
length
argument. The components at positions
srcPos
through
srcPos+length-1
in the source array are copied into positions
destPos
through
destPos+length-1
, respectively, of the destination array.
If the src
and dest
arguments refer to the same array object, then the copying is performed as if the components at positions srcPos
through srcPos+length-1
were first copied to a temporary array with length
components and then the contents of the temporary array were copied into positions destPos
through destPos+length-1
of the destination array.
If dest
is null
, then a NullPointerException
is thrown.
If src
is null
, then a NullPointerException
is thrown and the destination array is not modified.
Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an ArrayStoreException
is thrown and the destination is not modified:
- The
src
argument refers to an object that is not an array.
- The
dest
argument refers to an object that is not an array.
- The
src
argument and dest
argument refer to arrays whose component types are different primitive types.
- The
src
argument refers to an array with a primitive component type and the dest
argument refers to an array with a reference component type.
- The
src
argument refers to an array with a reference component type and the dest
argument refers to an array with a primitive component type.
Otherwise, if any of the following is true, an IndexOutOfBoundsException
is thrown and the destination is not modified:
- The
srcPos
argument is negative.
- The
destPos
argument is negative.
- The
length
argument is negative.
-
srcPos+length
is greater than src.length
, the length of the source array.
-
destPos+length
is greater than dest.length
, the length of the destination array.
Otherwise, if any actual component of the source array from position srcPos
through srcPos+length-1
cannot be converted to the component type of the destination array by assignment conversion, an ArrayStoreException
is thrown. In this case, let k be the smallest nonnegative integer less than length such that src[srcPos+
k]
cannot be converted to the component type of the destination array; when the exception is thrown, source array components from positions srcPos
through srcPos+
k-1
will already have been copied to destination array positions destPos
through destPos+
k-1
and no other positions of the destination array will have been modified. (Because of the restrictions already itemized, this paragraph effectively applies only to the situation where both arrays have component types that are reference types.)