diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 15847e718f..f298818145 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -9192,9 +9192,9 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
             // [#252] This check prevents StackOverflowError in case of e.g. PostgreSQL ANYARRAY types
             if (base != type)
-                return getJavaTypeReference(db, base, out) + ".getArrayDataType()";
+                return getJavaTypeReference(db, base, out) + ".array()";
             else
-                return getJavaTypeReference0(db, type, out) + ".getArrayDataType()";
+                return getJavaTypeReference0(db, type, out) + ".array()";
         }
 
         else
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
index 35b69a98d4..4fb7e8a1cc 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
@@ -202,6 +202,13 @@ public interface DataType<T> extends Named {
     @NotNull
     DataType<T[]> getArrayDataType() throws DataTypeException;
 
+    /**
+     * A convenient short for form {@link #getArrayDataType()} for DSL usage
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    @Support({ H2, HSQLDB, POSTGRES, YUGABYTEDB })
+    DataType<T[]> array() throws DataTypeException;
+
     /**
      * Retrieve the Java component type if this is an ARRAY type, or
      * <code>null</code>, otherwise.
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
index 0110763d59..fd4da87c02 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ import org.jooq.Schema;
 import org.jooq.ContextConverter;
 import org.jooq.Table;
 import org.jooq.XML;
+import org.jooq.exception.DataTypeException;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.GenerationLocation;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.GenerationOption;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.UEmpty;
@@ -659,6 +660,11 @@ implements
         return new ArrayDataType<>(this);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final DataType<T[]> array() {
+        return getArrayDataType();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public /* non-final */ Class<?> getArrayComponentType() {
         return null;