Java NegativeArraySizeException

NegativeArraySizeException is a runtime exception in Java that occurs when an application attempts to create an array with a negative size.

Since the NegativeArraySizeException is an unchecked exception, it does not need to be declared in the throws clause of a method or constructor.

Example

The NegativeArraySizeException is thrown in the following example because it assigns a negative size to an array:

public class NegativeArraySizeExceptionExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] array = new int[-5];
        System.out.println("Array length: " + array.length);
    }
}

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The output would look like this:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException: -5
    at NegativeArraySizeExceptionExample.main(NegativeArraySizeExceptionExample.java:3)

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