address of primitive data type

[sivaprasad chintapalli]

How can I find the address of primitive data type in java.
ie how can I find the adrress of constant 'a' declared below,

final static int a =40;

Quick response would be highly appreciated .

[ramprasad madathil]

Quick response would be highly appreciated .

Isnt it always ?
What do you intend to do with the info anyways ?
And besides this is not the right forum, I believe, for such questions.

cheers,
ram.

[David O'Meara]

This is not a Servlet question so I'll move it to the Java in General (beginner) forum. You'll be sure to get a quick reply there.

Dave

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'll bite and supply the quick answer David was talking about

You can't. Java hides the details of in-memory representation, and particularly has no concept of accessing data structures in memory by address. Given that, the previous poster was right to ask: what do you need the info for?

[Steve Morrow]

How can I find the address of primitive data type in java.

Short answer: You can't. If it's local, it's on the stack. If it's a member of an object, it's on the heap. Either way, there's no way in Java to get at that information; Java doesn't allow it by design.