Core Java · interview question

In the following code, which exception will be thrown if 'array' is null?

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java

public class Product {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] array = null;
        System.out.println(array[0]);
    }
}

ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptionNullPointerExceptionClassCastExceptionIllegalArgumentException

Answer and explanation

Correct answer

B. NullPointerException

Attempting to access an element of a null array results in a NullPointerException because you are trying to dereference a null reference.

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