I'm quite new to Java and having an issue checking null element in integer array. I'm using Eclipse for editor and the line that checks null element is showing error:

Line that complains:

if(a[i] != null) {

Error msg from Eclipse:

The operator != is undefined for the argument type(s) int, null

In PHP, this works without any problem but in Java it seems like I have to change the array type from integer to Object to make the line not complain (like below)

Object[] a = new Object[3];

So my question is if I still want to declare as integer array and still want to check null, what is the syntax for it?

Code:

public void test() {
        int[] a = new int[3];
        for(int i=0; i<a.length; i++) {
            if(a[i] != null) { //this line complains...
                System.out.println('null!');
            }
        }
    }