While JVM spec limits the array size to 255,

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/ClassFile.doc.html#41115
> ------
> The number of dimensions in an array is limited to 255 by the size of the
> dimensions opcode of the multianewarray instruction and by the constraints
> imposed on the multianewarray, anewarray, and newarray instructions by §4.8.2.
> ------

jdk 1.4 javac rejects an array that's over 128. Below is the test.

> /java/re/j2se/1.4.2/arcchive/fcs/binaries/solaris-sparc/bin/javac Test.java
Test.java:2: array type has too many dimensions
            static Object expected = (Object)new Object
                                             ^
1 error

public class Test {
            static Object expected = (Object)new Object
                [1/*001*/][1/*002*/][1/*003*/][1/*004*/][1/*005*/]
                [1/*006*/][1/*007*/][1/*008*/][1/*009*/][1/*010*/]
                [1/*011*/][1/*012*/][1/*013*/][1/*014*/][1/*015*/]
                [1/*016*/][1/*017*/][1/*018*/][1/*019*/][1/*020*/]
                [1/*021*/][1/*022*/][1/*023*/][1/*024*/][1/*025*/]
                [1/*026*/][1/*027*/][1/*028*/][1/*029*/][1/*030*/]
                [1/*031*/][1/*032*/][1/*033*/][1/*034*/][1/*035*/]
                [1/*036*/][1/*037*/][1/*038*/][1/*039*/][1/*040*/]
                [1/*041*/][1/*042*/][1/*043*/][1/*044*/][1/*045*/]
                [1/*046*/][1/*047*/][1/*048*/][1/*049*/][1/*050*/]
                [1/*051*/][1/*052*/][1/*053*/][1/*054*/][1/*055*/]
                [1/*056*/][1/*057*/][1/*058*/][1/*059*/][1/*060*/]
                [1/*061*/][1/*062*/][1/*063*/][1/*064*/][1/*065*/]
                [1/*066*/][1/*067*/][1/*068*/][1/*069*/][1/*070*/]
                [1/*071*/][1/*072*/][1/*073*/][1/*074*/][1/*075*/]
                [1/*076*/][1/*077*/][1/*078*/][1/*079*/][1/*080*/]
                [1/*081*/][1/*082*/][1/*083*/][1/*084*/][1/*085*/]
                [1/*086*/][1/*087*/][1/*088*/][1/*089*/][1/*090*/]
                [1/*091*/][1/*092*/][1/*093*/][1/*094*/][1/*095*/]
                [1/*096*/][1/*097*/][1/*098*/][1/*099*/][1/*100*/]
                [1/*101*/][1/*102*/][1/*103*/][1/*104*/][1/*105*/]
                [1/*106*/][1/*107*/][1/*108*/][1/*109*/][1/*110*/]
                [1/*111*/][1/*112*/][1/*113*/][1/*114*/][1/*115*/]
                [1/*116*/][1/*117*/][1/*118*/][1/*119*/][1/*120*/]
                [1/*121*/][1/*122*/][1/*123*/][1/*124*/][1/*125*/]
                [1/*126*/][1/*127*/][1/*128*/][1/*129*/];
}
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