diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/AnnotationInstanceBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/AnnotationInstanceBuilder.java
index c70bae3f..e0333daa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/AnnotationInstanceBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/AnnotationInstanceBuilder.java
@@ -591,8 +591,7 @@ public AnnotationInstanceBuilder add(String name, Class<?> value) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Annotation member '" + name + "' already added");
         }
 
-        DotName className = DotName.createSimple(value.getName());
-        Type clazz = Type.create(className, Type.Kind.CLASS);
+        Type clazz = Type.create(value);
         this.values.add(AnnotationValue.createClassValue(name, clazz));
         return this;
     }
@@ -614,8 +613,7 @@ public AnnotationInstanceBuilder add(String name, Class<?>[] values) {
 
         AnnotationValue[] array = new AnnotationValue[values.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
-            DotName className = DotName.createSimple(values[i].getName());
-            Type clazz = Type.create(className, Type.Kind.CLASS);
+            Type clazz = Type.create(values[i]);
             array[i] = AnnotationValue.createClassValue(name, clazz);
         }
         this.values.add(AnnotationValue.createArrayValue(name, array));
@@ -673,9 +671,9 @@ private void validateType(Type type) {
         if (kind == Type.Kind.VOID || kind == Type.Kind.PRIMITIVE || kind == Type.Kind.CLASS) {
             return;
         }
-        if (kind == Type.Kind.ARRAY && type.asArrayType().dimensions() == 1) {
-            Type.Kind constituent = type.asArrayType().constituent().kind();
-            if (constituent == Type.Kind.PRIMITIVE || constituent == Type.Kind.CLASS) {
+        if (kind == Type.Kind.ARRAY) {
+            Type.Kind element = type.asArrayType().elementType().kind();
+            if (element == Type.Kind.PRIMITIVE || element == Type.Kind.CLASS) {
                 return;
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
index 001394a0..c0fcf4be 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/MethodInfo.java
@@ -35,9 +35,8 @@
  * However, {@link #descriptorParameterTypes()} and {@link #descriptorParametersCount()}
  * may be used to obtain information about all parameters, including mandated and synthetic.
  * <p>
- * As an exception to the rule above, in case of well known methods where no parameter
- * is declared explicitly, the implicitly declared parameters are included. This currently
- * applies to the implicitly declared parameters of:
+ * As an exception to the rule above, implicitly declared parameters are always included
+ * in case of methods that don't have an explicit parameter list. These are:
  * <ul>
  * <li>the implicitly declared {@code valueOf()} method in enums;</li>
  * <li>the compact constructor in records.</li>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Type.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Type.java
index 992aef40..81c361b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Type.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/Type.java
@@ -198,6 +198,56 @@ public static Type create(DotName name, Kind kind) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a type that corresponds to the given {@code clazz}. The resulting type may be:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>{@link VoidType}</li>
+     * <li>{@link PrimitiveType}</li>
+     * <li>{@link ClassType}</li>
+     * <li>{@link ArrayType} whose the element type is {@link PrimitiveType} or {@link ClassType}</li>
+     * </ul>
+     *
+     * @param clazz a {@link Class}
+     * @return a {@link Type} corresponding to the given {@code clazz}
+     */
+    public static Type create(Class<?> clazz) {
+        if (clazz.isArray()) {
+            int dimensions = 1;
+            Class<?> componentType = clazz.getComponentType();
+            while (componentType.isArray()) {
+                dimensions++;
+                componentType = componentType.getComponentType();
+            }
+            return ArrayType.create(create(componentType), dimensions);
+        }
+
+        if (clazz.isPrimitive()) {
+            if (clazz == Void.TYPE) {
+                return VoidType.VOID;
+            } else if (clazz == Boolean.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.BOOLEAN;
+            } else if (clazz == Byte.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.BYTE;
+            } else if (clazz == Short.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.SHORT;
+            } else if (clazz == Integer.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.INT;
+            } else if (clazz == Long.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.LONG;
+            } else if (clazz == Float.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.FLOAT;
+            } else if (clazz == Double.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.DOUBLE;
+            } else if (clazz == Character.TYPE) {
+                return PrimitiveType.CHAR;
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown primitive type " + clazz);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ClassType.create(DotName.createSimple(clazz.getName()));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates an instance of specified type with given type {@code annotations}.
      * To create the type instance, this method delegates to {@link #create(DotName, Kind)}.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/VoidType.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/VoidType.java
index 237c88ab..982ea9cd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/VoidType.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/jandex/VoidType.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package org.jboss.jandex;
 
 /**
- * Specifies "void" in a method signature.
+ * Represents the {@code void} pseudo-type, which may appear in a method signature.
  *
  * @since 2.0
  * @author Jason T. Greene
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/AnnotationInstanceBuilderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/AnnotationInstanceBuilderTest.java
index e22b762d..68371eed 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/AnnotationInstanceBuilderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/AnnotationInstanceBuilderTest.java
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
 
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationInstance;
 import org.jboss.jandex.AnnotationValue;
+import org.jboss.jandex.ArrayType;
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassType;
 import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+import org.jboss.jandex.PrimitiveType;
 import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
+import org.jboss.jandex.VoidType;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class AnnotationInstanceBuilderTest {
@@ -129,9 +133,11 @@ private static void verify(AnnotationInstance ann) {
         assertEquals(SimpleEnum.class.getName(), ann.value("enArray").asEnumTypeArray()[0].toString());
         assertEquals(SimpleEnum.BAZ.name(), ann.value("enArray").asEnumArray()[1]);
         assertEquals(SimpleEnum.class.getName(), ann.value("enArray").asEnumTypeArray()[1].toString());
-        assertEquals(2, ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray().length);
+        assertEquals(4, ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray().length);
         assertEquals(String.class.getName(), ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray()[0].name().toString());
-        assertEquals(Number.class.getName(), ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray()[1].name().toString());
+        assertEquals(void.class.getName(), ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray()[1].name().toString());
+        assertEquals(Number[].class.getName(), ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray()[2].name().toString());
+        assertEquals(byte[][].class.getName(), ann.value("clsArray").asClassArray()[3].name().toString());
         assertEquals(2, ann.value("nestedArray").asNestedArray().length);
         assertEquals("two", ann.value("nestedArray").asNestedArray()[0].value().asString());
         assertEquals("three", ann.value("nestedArray").asNestedArray()[1].value().asString());
@@ -193,10 +199,10 @@ private static AnnotationInstance complexAnnotation_manual() {
                         AnnotationValue.createEnumValue("", DotName.createSimple(SimpleEnum.class.getName()), "BAZ"),
                 }),
                 AnnotationValue.createArrayValue("clsArray", new AnnotationValue[] {
-                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("",
-                                Type.create(DotName.createSimple("java.lang.String"), Type.Kind.CLASS)),
-                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("",
-                                Type.create(DotName.createSimple("java.lang.Number"), Type.Kind.CLASS)),
+                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("", ClassType.create(String.class)),
+                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("", VoidType.VOID),
+                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("", ArrayType.create(ClassType.create(Number.class), 1)),
+                        AnnotationValue.createClassValue("", ArrayType.create(PrimitiveType.BYTE, 2)),
                 }),
                 AnnotationValue.createArrayValue("nestedArray", new AnnotationValue[] {
                         AnnotationValue.createNestedAnnotationValue("", simpleAnnotation_manual("two")),
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@ private static AnnotationInstance complexAnnotation_builder() {
                 .add("chArray", new char[] { 'd', 'e' })
                 .add("strArray", new String[] { "fg", "hi" })
                 .add("enArray", new SimpleEnum[] { SimpleEnum.BAR, SimpleEnum.BAZ })
-                .add("clsArray", new Class[] { String.class, Number.class })
+                .add("clsArray", new Class[] { String.class, void.class, Number[].class, byte[][].class })
                 .add("nestedArray", new AnnotationInstance[] { simpleAnnotation_builder("two"),
                         simpleAnnotation_builder("three") })
                 .build();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/TypeFromClassTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/TypeFromClassTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fe9e14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jboss/jandex/test/TypeFromClassTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.jboss.jandex.test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.ArrayType;
+import org.jboss.jandex.ClassType;
+import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+import org.jboss.jandex.PrimitiveType;
+import org.jboss.jandex.Type;
+import org.jboss.jandex.VoidType;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class TypeFromClassTest {
+    @Test
+    public void test() {
+        Type type = Type.create(void.class);
+        assertEquals(VoidType.VOID, type);
+
+        type = Type.create(byte.class);
+        assertEquals(PrimitiveType.BYTE, type);
+
+        type = Type.create(Object.class);
+        assertEquals(ClassType.create(DotName.OBJECT_NAME), type);
+
+        type = Type.create(boolean[].class);
+        assertEquals(ArrayType.create(PrimitiveType.BOOLEAN, 1), type);
+
+        type = Type.create(String[][].class);
+        assertEquals(ArrayType.create(ClassType.create(DotName.STRING_NAME), 2), type);
+    }
+}