Object life cycle

[Sindu Ram]

Hi,
I was recently asked a question about an object life cycle in Java, especially with regard to what happens when we do an
A a = new A();
and what goes to the stack and what to the heap.
Any info would be welcome.
Thanks

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Local variables are kept on the stack, while objects are kept on the heap. If this line of code is in a method, then the variable a is on the stack and the A object is on the heap; if it's a line of code at the top level of a class, then a is inside some other object on the heap, and the A is also on the heap.

[Sindu Ram]

Thank you, Ernest..