java - Maximum size of an array - Type mismatch: cannot convert from long to int

Question

I see that the maximum size of an array can be only maximum size of an Int. Why does Java not allow an array of size long-Max ?

long no = 10000000000L;
int [] nums = new int[no];//error here

Answer 1

You'll have to address the "why" question to the Java designers. Anyone else can only speculate. My speculation is that they felt that a two-billion-element array ought to be enough for anybody (which, in fairness, it probably is).