Is an array an object in Java?

Question

In Java we can declare an array using the following:

String[] array = new String[10]; 
int size = array.length; 

Does this mean that the arra

Answer 1

Observe below code snippet and output.

public class Tester {
int a[];
public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println(new Tester().a);// null
    System.out.println(new Tester().a[0]);// Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException \n at mainclass.Tester.main(Tester.java:10)
}

}

clearly array a is treated as object.