Heap or Stack

[Metaferia]

Hi,

I would like to know if the following are stored in the heap or stack memory? (using the eclipse Java)

String s;

s ?

s = hello.changeString("Test")

s ?

Int n;

n?

public int goalInt(int nNew){
b = nNEW;
return nNEW + 2
}

nNEW ?


Thanks

[goldest]

I would like to know if the following are stored in the heap or stack memory? (using the eclipse Java)

First of all, Eclipse has nothing to do with heap or stack storage.

Then, to keep it very simple, your objects live on the heap and you methods live on stack.

The variables which you declare inside you class are nothing but the instance variables. Your instance variables live inside the objects created, means on the heap.

The variables declared inside the methods are local variables. And your local variables live inside the methods [as they live as long as the method is alive] which means on the stack.

However, the object references live depending on where they have been declared. Object reference declared as instance variable lives inside the class object on the heap, whereas, the object reference declared inside the method lives on the stack along with method. No matter where the object references are declared, the object always live on the heap.

The method parameters are also considered as local variables and so, they live on stack as well.

Now can you figure out on your own which thing in your code lives where?

Hope that helps,

Goldest

[goldest]

Int n;

There is nothing like, "Int" in java. Either use the wrapper class properly like,

Integer n;

Or use the primitive data type like,

int n;

Java is case sensitive, be careful.

Goldest

[Metaferia]

Thank You, that was helpful :)