java生成一个数组,如何在java中创建一个大数组

I want to create a boolean array of a size which the user is going to put as input.For example - The user might put a big number like 1000000000000 ; so then I have to create a boolean array of the size 1000000000000.The problem I am facing is , I cant store the input as int , as it cant hold such a big number - thus I am unable to create the array .Double is an option .I can store the input number as double , but I don't know how to create the array of the size of the double number .This was the idea -

Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);

int target = scanner.nextInt();

boolean [] array_a=new boolean [(target)];

which wont work if target exceeds the int range.Any help is appreciated.

Update : Thanks guys .So you can only create an array of the size of int's max range (which is 2147483648),right?The memory aspect didn't hit me earlier. Going to take a different approach .

解决方案

have to create a boolean array of the size 1000000000000. The problem I am facing is , I cant store the input as int

Your problem isn't that. Your main problem is that you won't have enough memory to allocate a data structure with 1,000,000,000,000 elements (even if you overcame the limitations of int indexing).

You'll need to rethink the algorithm.