Java stores object values in heap memory; references to the value are stored in the stack. Another way to create strings is to use the new keyword, as in the following example. String s1 = new String( ...

Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.

Java currently supports only primitive types and object references. Project Valhalla extends this by introducing inline classes which are new types that exhibit some behaviors of both types of value.

Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields ...

Most Java developers who come from a C/C++ background have probably at one time wished for a Java equivalent of sizeof() .