java - HashMap and int as key

Question

I am trying to build a HashMap which will have integer as keys and objects as values.

My syntax is:

HashMap<int, myObject> myMap = new HashMap<int, myObject>();

However, the error returned is - Syntax error on token "int", Dimensions expected after this token - I don't understand why I should add a dimension (ie: making the int into an array) since I only need to store a digit as key.

What could I do?

Thanks in advance! :)

Answer 1

Use Integer instead.

HashMap<Integer, MyObject> myMap = new HashMap<Integer, MyObject>();

Java will automatically autobox your int primitive values to Integer objects.

Read more about autoboxing from Oracle Java documentations.