int values

[rani bedi]

maximun value of int is 0x7fffffff
Why is compiler not generating any errors saying that the number is too large?

  
class Test 
{
  public static void main(String s[]) 
  {
     int i1 = 0xffffffff;    //why no compilation errors?
  }
}

[rani bedi]

forget it... i just realized my mistake... it was a negative number..