Text Adventure - Cannot Use Menu Selection

I cannot use menu selection 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... Why NO_EXIT has been declared and used in defining the contents of the map array, rather than just directly using the value 99999 in the map array definition

I don't understand map[][], objectName[] and objectLocation[]

package Assignment;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class GameWorld
{
// the map array holds details on which paths lead to which other rooms. NO_EXIT indicates no valid exit.
// each element holds the details of all paths leading out from a single-room in the order n ,e, s, w, ne, se, sw, nw
private final int NO_EXIT = 99999; // indicates that there is no exit in that direction
private int map[][] ={{NO_EXIT,NO_EXIT,NO_EXIT,1},{2,0,NO_EXIT,NO_EXIT},{NO_EXIT,3,1,NO_EXIT},{NO_EXIT,NO_EXIT,NO_EXIT,2}};

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