SQL stored procedures and JDBC problem

I need a SQL stored procedure to return arrays. as OUT parameters in
If i declare the array as a "table", then
i cannot do table[i] := some_value. If i declare it as a VARRAY. then i
need to
initialialize all my VARRAY elements using a costructor which is painful
( a simple
for loop does not do it).   So how do i declare and use arrays in SQL
stored procedures
so as to return arrays as OUT paramters and access the same in JDBC

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thanks
nitin