How is memory allocated for a string, say in Java or C++? This might be silly, so please excuse me. I’m wondering because a string is of unknown size.
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How is memory allocated for a string, say in Java or C++? This might be silly, so please excuse me. I’m wondering because a string is of unknown size.
In Java,
Stringis an immutable Object, so the “size” of theStringhas to be known at time of allocation. It’ll end up allocated in a shared object pool if it’s “static” (e.g. aStringlitteral, like"Hey, I'm a String litteral!"), or on the heap if it’s constructed usingnew String(...).