diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 658ddbe..eea9ba3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
             <artifactId>asm-tree</artifactId>
             <version>9.4</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jol</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jol-core</artifactId>
+            <version>0.17</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayCreator.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayCreator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54d62b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayCreator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.github.shautvast.reflective.array;
+
+public abstract class ArrayCreator {
+
+    public abstract Object newInstance();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e4fb46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArrayFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package com.github.shautvast.reflective.array;
+
+import com.github.shautvast.reflective.java.ASM;
+import com.github.shautvast.reflective.java.ByteClassLoader;
+import com.github.shautvast.reflective.java.Java;
+import org.objectweb.asm.ClassWriter;
+import org.objectweb.asm.tree.*;
+
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes.*;
+
+public class ArrayFactory {
+
+    /*
+     should become
+     public static <T> T newArray(Class<T> componentType)
+     or
+     public static <T> T newArray(Class<T> componentType, int... dimensions)
+     */
+    public static Object newArray(Class<?> componentType, int... dimensions) {
+        return  newArray(componentType.getName(), dimensions);
+    }
+
+    public static Object newArray(String componentType, int... dimensions) {
+        ClassNode classNode = ASM.createDefaultClassNode(
+                "ReflectiveCreator" + dimensions.length,
+                Java.internalName(ArrayCreator.class));
+        MethodNode methodNode = new MethodNode(ACC_PUBLIC,
+                "newInstance", "()Ljava/lang/Object;", null, null);
+        classNode.methods.add(methodNode);
+        InsnList insns = methodNode.instructions;
+
+        int localVarIndex = 0;
+        StringBuilder arrayType = new StringBuilder(dimensions.length);
+        String post = "";
+        String pre = "";
+        insns.add(new LdcInsnNode(1));
+        insns.add(new LdcInsnNode(1));
+        insns.add(new LdcInsnNode(1));
+        insns.add(new MultiANewArrayInsnNode("[[[Ljava/lang/String;",3));
+
+//        for (int dim : dimensions) {
+//            insns.add(new LdcInsnNode(dim));
+//            String type = arrayType + pre + Java.internalName(componentType) + post;
+//            insns.add(new TypeInsnNode(ANEWARRAY, type));
+//            insns.add(new VarInsnNode(ASTORE, ++localVarIndex));
+//            arrayType.append("[");
+//            pre = "L";
+//            post = ";";
+//
+//        }
+
+//        insns.add(new VarInsnNode(ALOAD, localVarIndex));
+        insns.add(new InsnNode(ARETURN));
+        ClassWriter classWriter = new ClassWriter(ClassWriter.COMPUTE_FRAMES);
+        classNode.accept(classWriter);
+        byte[] byteArray = classWriter.toByteArray();
+
+        try (FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("A.class")) {
+            out.write(byteArray);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        // load it into the JVM
+        ByteClassLoader.INSTANCE.addClass(classNode.name, byteArray);
+        try {
+            return ((ArrayCreator) ByteClassLoader.INSTANCE.loadClass(classNode.name).getConstructor().newInstance()).newInstance();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/Arrays.java b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/Arrays.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6060468
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/Arrays.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.github.shautvast.reflective.array;
+
+public class Arrays {
+    private Arrays() {
+    }
+
+    public static Object newInstance(Class<?> componentType, int... dimensions)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, NegativeArraySizeException {
+        return new String[dimensions[1]][2][3];
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String[][][] a = (String[][][])newInstance(String.class, 1, 2, 3);
+        a[0]=new String[1][2];
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/ReflectiveTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/ReflectiveTest.java
index 534de92..0291d99 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/ReflectiveTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/ReflectiveTest.java
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ public class ReflectiveTest {
         Dummy dummy = new Dummy("bar");
         MetaMethod getName = Reflective.getMetaClass(dummy.getClass()).getMethod("getName").orElseGet(Assertions::fail);
 
+        // passing "foo" as the instance is not allowed
         assertThrows(Panic.class, () -> getName.invoke("foo").unwrap());
+        // we should pass a valid dummy instance
         assertEquals("bar", getName.invoke(dummy).unwrap());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArraysTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArraysTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9d8a03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/shautvast/reflective/array/ArraysTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package com.github.shautvast.reflective.array;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+public class ArraysTest {
+
+
+    @Test
+    void test1Dim() {
+        Object o = ArrayFactory.newArray(String.class, 1);
+        assertTrue(o instanceof String[]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test2Dims() {
+        Object o = ArrayFactory.newArray(String.class, 1, 2);
+        assertTrue(o instanceof String[][]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test3Dims() {
+        String[][][] array = (String[][][]) ArrayFactory.newArray(String[][][].class, 1, 2, 3);
+        assertEquals(1, array.length);
+        array[0] = new String[2][1];
+        array[0][1] = new String[1];
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void test3DimsT() {
+        String[][][] array = new String[1][1][1];
+        assertEquals(1, array.length);
+        array[0] = new String[2][1];
+
+        array[0][0] = new String[1];
+        array[0][1] = new String[1];
+        array[0][0][0]="0,0,0";
+        array[0][1][0]="0,1,0"; // WTF?
+        System.out.println(array[0][1][0]);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void forName() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        Class.forName("[Ljava.lang.String;");
+    }
+
+}