Do Java arrays have a maximum size? -

is there limit number of elements java array can contain? if so, it?

haven't seen right answer, though it's easy test.

in recent hotspot vm, correct answer integer.max_value - 5. once go beyond that:

public class foo {   public static void main(string[] args) {     object[] array = new object[integer.max_value - 4];   } } 

you get:

exception in thread "main" java.lang.outofmemoryerror:   requested array size exceeds vm limit