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user2991252
user2991252

Reputation: 788

Stored in stack or heap

Question regarding stack and heap in java

When a static variable, method or class is created in java - where is it stored? Is it stored on the call stack or on the heap?

I mean:

static (inner) classes

static fields

static methods

Upvotes: 0

Views: 101

Answers (1)

nanofarad
nanofarad

Reputation: 41281

All non-local things not explicitly stored off-heap are stored on the heap. This includes class definitions, fields, and static fields.

Only local variables (in the scope of a single method, constructor, etc) are on the call stack.

Beyond there this is nastily-implementation-dependent. (Hotspot native code storage, anyone?)

Upvotes: 3

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