static Class<?> getArrayClass(Class<?> componentType) {
    // TODO(user): This is not the most efficient way to handle generic
    // arrays, but is there another way to extract the array class in a
    // non-hacky way (i.e. using String value class names- "[L...")?
    return Array.newInstance(componentType, 0).getClass();
  }

  // TODO(benyu): Once behavior is the same for all Java versions we support, delete this.