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

Well, let's ask Java!

public class HelloWorld
{
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    System.out.println(args instanceof Object);
    int[] someIntegers = new int[] {42};
    System.out.println(someIntegers instanceof Object);
  }
}

Output:

true
true