Thanks for the response! I ended up just doing the following:
row = 5;
col = 10;
rowCount=0;
while (row > 0) {
String[][] array = new String[row][col];
String[] array1 = new String[col];
for (int i = rowCount; i<=rowCount; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j<array[i].length; j++) {
array1[j] = array[i][j];
} //end of inner for loop
} //end of outer for loop
//instantiate object - pass array1 into the constuctor
//build object
//do stuff with object
rowCount++;
row--;
} //end of while