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javap output for array creation
package bar;

import foo.A;
import foo.B;

public class C {
  public static void main(String[] arguments) {
    B[] array = new B[3];
    //    B f = A.f;
    System.out.println(array);
  }
}

The Java code above is compiled into the byte code below:

suztomo-macbookpro44% javap -private -verbose  -cp b-public.jar bar.C
Classfile jar:file:/Users/suztomo/wsgenoptions/b-public.jar!/bar/C.class
  Last modified Sep 16, 2020; size 550 bytes
  MD5 checksum b2c5d4dcb7dc29db85cdca1de5856f4f
  Compiled from "C.java"
public class bar.C
  minor version: 0
  major version: 52
  flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_SUPER
Constant pool:
   #1 = Methodref          #6.#22         // java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
   #2 = Class              #23            // foo/B
   #3 = Fieldref           #24.#25        // java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
   #4 = Methodref          #26.#27        // java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
   #5 = Class              #28            // bar/C
   #6 = Class              #29            // java/lang/Object
   #7 = Utf8               <init>
   #8 = Utf8               ()V
   #9 = Utf8               Code
  #10 = Utf8               LineNumberTable
  #11 = Utf8               LocalVariableTable
  #12 = Utf8               this
  #13 = Utf8               Lbar/C;
  #14 = Utf8               main
  #15 = Utf8               ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
  #16 = Utf8               arguments
  #17 = Utf8               [Ljava/lang/String;
  #18 = Utf8               array
  #19 = Utf8               [Lfoo/B;
  #20 = Utf8               SourceFile
  #21 = Utf8               C.java
  #22 = NameAndType        #7:#8          // "<init>":()V
  #23 = Utf8               foo/B
  #24 = Class              #30            // java/lang/System
  #25 = NameAndType        #31:#32        // out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
  #26 = Class              #33            // java/io/PrintStream
  #27 = NameAndType        #34:#35        // println:(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
  #28 = Utf8               bar/C
  #29 = Utf8               java/lang/Object
  #30 = Utf8               java/lang/System
  #31 = Utf8               out
  #32 = Utf8               Ljava/io/PrintStream;
  #33 = Utf8               java/io/PrintStream
  #34 = Utf8               println
  #35 = Utf8               (Ljava/lang/Object;)V
{
  public bar.C();
    descriptor: ()V
    flags: ACC_PUBLIC
    Code:
      stack=1, locals=1, args_size=1
         0: aload_0
         1: invokespecial #1                  // Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
         4: return
      LineNumberTable:
        line 26: 0
      LocalVariableTable:
        Start  Length  Slot  Name   Signature
            0       5     0  this   Lbar/C;

  public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
    descriptor: ([Ljava/lang/String;)V
    flags: ACC_PUBLIC, ACC_STATIC
    Code:
      stack=2, locals=2, args_size=1
         0: iconst_3
         1: anewarray     #2                  // class foo/B
         4: astore_1
         5: getstatic     #3                  // Field java/lang/System.out:Ljava/io/PrintStream;
         8: aload_1
         9: invokevirtual #4                  // Method java/io/PrintStream.println:(Ljava/lang/Object;)V
        12: return
      LineNumberTable:
        line 28: 0
        line 30: 5
        line 31: 12
      LocalVariableTable:
        Start  Length  Slot  Name   Signature
            0      13     0 arguments   [Ljava/lang/String;
            5       8     1 array   [Lfoo/B;
}
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