Java - code keeps returning 'error: incompatible types: Object cannot be converted to int'

Question

Inside my code, I am trying to compare the last element of an array list to a random number, but I keep getting the error "incompatible types: Object cannot be converted to int". I cannot seem to find a solution. The problem in question occurs at the boolean class 'checkLastGuess'.

import java.util.Scanner;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class GuessingGame
{
    int numToGuess = new Random().nextInt(10);
    ArrayList guesses = new ArrayList();

    void getGuess() 
    {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        boolean valid = false;
        int userGuess = 0;

        while (valid == false)
        {
            System.out.print("What is your guess: ");
            String num = keyboard.next();
            char new_num = num.charAt(0);
            if (Character.isDigit(new_num))
            {
                userGuess = Integer.parseInt(num);

                if (userGuess >= 0 && userGuess < 10)
                {
                    guesses.add(userGuess); 
                    valid = true; 
                }
                else
                {
                    System.out.println("Invalid guess, please enter a number between 0 and 9.");
                }
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Invalid guess, please enter digit.");
            }
        }
    }

    void printGuesses() {
        int list_length = guesses.size(); 
        System.out.print("Your guesses: ");

        for (int counter = 0; counter < list_length; counter++)
        {
            System.out.print(guesses.get(counter) + " ");

        }
        System.out.println();
    }
    boolean checkLastGuess()
    {
        int numToTest = guesses.get(guesses.size()-1);
        if (numToTest == numToGuess) 
        {
            return true;
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
}

The code is then ran through the following test program

public class GuessingGameTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        GuessingGame game = new GuessingGame();
        System.out.println("Number to guess: " + game.numToGuess);
        boolean guessedNumber = false;

        while (!guessedNumber) {
            game.getGuess();
            guessedNumber = game.checkLastGuess();
        }
    }

}

Answer 1

You're not initializing the arraylist correctly. Change

ArrayList guesses = new ArrayList();

to

ArrayList<Integer> guesses = new ArrayList<Integer>();

Arraylists are generic (ArrayList<E>) in that they require an object to be specified in their construction so that you know what is in the arraylist.