reference variable

[saravanan ragunathan]

 
int[] a=new int[0];
    

i heard that when we create an array ,the reference(address) of the array will be stored in ref variable
when i executing the above statement it is executing successfully .but i gave 0 to size of array .then what will be the address assigned to variable.

[Henry Wong]

saravanan ragunathan wrote:
when i executing the above statement it is executing successfully .but i gave 0 to size of array .then what will be the address assigned to variable.

Unlike some other languages, with Java, an array is an object -- so even if an array has no elements, it takes up some space (albeit a small amount).

Henry

[Vinoth Kumar Kannan]

Primitive Arrays are actually objects in Java. The array object has instance variables like length(i've come across none other though..) which needs to be stored in the object space. In your case, the object will have length=0 stored in it. Of course that takes up some space,right?

[saravanan ragunathan]

Vinoth Kumar Kannan wrote:Primitive Arrays are actually objects in Java. The array object has instance variables like length(i've come across none other though..) which needs to be stored in the object space. In your case, the object will have length=0 stored in it. Of course that takes up some space,right?

thanks for your explanation...