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public class SafeArray {
    /**
     * Contains a compressed sequence of n-dimensions of array values.
     */
    private Variant[] values;

    // Each array dimensions first index in the pangea values array
    private int valueIndexFor[];
    // Which index represents the start of each elements array (arrays can
    // have non-zero index value.
    private int startIndices[];
    // How long is a particular dimension
    private int lengths[];

    // Type stored in variant array.  We need this value since Array could
    // be empty and we would not be able to ask an element for type name
    private int variantType; 
}