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+/*
+ * Copyright 2009 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.core.convert;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNull;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertSame;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.fail;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andy Clement
+ */
+public class TypeDescriptorTests {
+
+	int[] intArray;
+	List<String>[] arrayOfListOfString;
+	
+	@Test
+	public void arrayTypeDescriptors() throws Exception {
+		TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = new TypeDescriptor(TypeDescriptorTests.class.getDeclaredField("intArray"));
+		assertTrue(typeDescriptor.isArray());
+		assertEquals(Integer.TYPE,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void buildingArrayTypeDescriptors() throws Exception {
+		TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = new TypeDescriptor(new int[0].getClass());
+		assertTrue(typeDescriptor.isArray());
+		assertEquals(Integer.TYPE,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void complexTypeDescriptors() throws Exception {
+		TypeDescriptor typeDescriptor = new TypeDescriptor(TypeDescriptorTests.class.getDeclaredField("arrayOfListOfString"));
+		assertTrue(typeDescriptor.isArray());
+		assertEquals(List.class,typeDescriptor.getElementType());
+	}
+	
+}