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Asked: 2026-05-19T05:01:44+00:00

lets say i have this variable : … Somekindofobject var = new Somekindofobject(); …

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lets say i have this variable :

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Somekindofobject var = new Somekindofobject();
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and i want to know where var is located on the heap ( by address , like 0x08 and so on),and to print the address out .

is it possible?

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  1. Editorial Team

    i am working on a program that gets as
    input java program , and instruments
    code that prints out to file
    information about variable access. The
    only way that i can determine between
    two fields of objects of the same
    class is by thier address on heap.
    Therefore, i need the address on heap

    You can use System.identityHashCode to get a notion of sameness.
    It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good.
    If you do get the heap address of an object, remember that the JVM is allowed to move objects around (and frequently does when a generational garbage collector promotes a long lived object to an older generation) so the heap location of an object is not a good proxy for identity in all circumstances.

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