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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.oracle.graal.replacements;
+
+import com.oracle.graal.api.code.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.meta.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.api.replacements.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.graal.nodes.java.*;
+
+/**
+ * Substitutions for {@link java.lang.reflect.Array} methods.
+ */
+@ClassSubstitution(java.lang.reflect.Array.class)
+public class ArraySubstitutions {
+
+    @MethodSubstitution
+    public static Object newArray(Class<?> componentType, int length) throws NegativeArraySizeException {
+        if (componentType == null) {
+            DeoptimizeNode.deopt(DeoptimizationAction.None, DeoptimizationReason.NullCheckException);
+        }
+        return DynamicNewArrayNode.newArray(componentType, length);
+    }
+}