How is a Java object constructed?

Question

If I create a class like:

public class Test{
       int id;
       String name;
}

Now, if I have to use the class, we have to just create a instance of the class as

Test testObj = new Test();

I would like to know how the actual object is created in the system. (In core level, what will be the structure of the object.)

Remember that case matters, so your code won't compile because test is not the same as Test. — DaveJohnston, Mar 22 '11 at 15:08
What exactly do you mean by "core level"? How the VM organizes its memory? And why do you want to know? What are you trying to achieve? — nitro2k01, Mar 22 '11 at 15:08
@DaveJohnston yep, but the question is still vague without this problem. Updated. — Nishant, Mar 22 '11 at 15:11
Why is people rating down this question? The guy wants to know how a VM stores objects in memory, what's wrong with that? May be it's unimportant to most of us but that's no reason to down vote this — arg20, Mar 22 '11 at 15:14
why all the down votes? the guy wants to undestand classes/objects, but can't express it well (well he's learning that's why) ... — manji, Mar 22 '11 at 15:15

Andreas Dolk · Answer 1 · 2011-03-22T15:20:22.527

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This depends on the actual virtual machine (vendor, version). There's no detailed specification on how a VM should store the instance.

The Java virtual machine does not mandate any particular internal structure for objects.

edited Mar 22 '11 at 15:20

answered Mar 22 '11 at 15:10

Andreas Dolk

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