how do i can solve for java object.....pls help..

   public static Object[][] readTextFile()
    throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
    {
  try
  {
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                new FileReader("C:/Documents and Settings/seng/Desktop/testfile/assignment_matrix.txt"));
        
        List list = new ArrayList();
        String text;
        while((text = in.readLine()) != null)
        {
            Object[] out = text.split(" "); // Separated by "whitespace"
            for (int index = 0; index< out.length; index++)
                out[index] = Integer.parseInt((String)out[index]);  //problem here
            list.add(out);
        }
        
        Object[][] output = (Object[][])list.toArray(new Object[0][0]);
        return output;
    }
    
            catch ( IOException exc )
             {
                exc.printStackTrace();
             }
      
		
        return new Object[0][0];
    }

out[index] = Integer.parseInt((String)out[index]);

incompatible type, found: int, required: java.lang.Object