Hi all,
Since enum in C# are on the stack, I was wondering where enum, in Java, where created. On the stack? On the heap? In some mysterious other place?
Enumeration in C# are more primitive than those in Java, this might explain why they are created on the stack...
Where are they? I can't find them!
Thanks
Enums in Java are also objects: for example, enums can have instance variables/methods/constructors and implement interfaces. All this makes me think they're handled just like other objects by jvm.
Since Java enums extend java.lang.Enum, they are created on the heap like all other Java objects.
Enums are objects in Java, so they are on the heap. However, for each type there is only a fixed number of them. Client code is dealing with references to these enum objects, so doesn't actually create anything on the heap. As ever from a specification point of view: local variable references are on the stack; object field references are on the heap.
They are objects, just like any other object, so the enum itself is on the heap. A variable that holds a reference to an enum may be on the stack if it is a function variable, or it may be on the heap inside some other object if it is a member of an object.