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    Default limiting string length

    Hi.
    I defined a java class thus:
    class Info{
    public String name;
    public String version;
    public String arch;
    double CPUSpeed;
    double ranUtil, CPUUtil;
    };
    but each object of such a class takes many bytes. How can I limit it to one fourth of a Kilo-Byte?

    Thanks in advance


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    Default Re: limiting string length

    You cant. There is no way for you to actually know how much memory these objects cost. It could be different for every JVM, it could be different every time you run your program.
    You are simply not supposed to know or even care about this.

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    I mean wwith SQL, Pascal, we could specify that for example, this be a string that hols 30 characters. Is it possible with java? What is the difference between char str[30] and String under Java?

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    Nope, its not possible. A string is an object, the characters of the string are its private member attribute and you have absolutely no control over it.

    The difference between a string and a char array is that all the libraries out there want to use a string, and, believe me, you want to use a String as well.

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    Default Re: limiting string length

    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    Nope, its not possible. A string is an object, the characters of the string are its private member attribute and you have absolutely no control over it.

    The difference between a string and a char array is that all the libraries out there want to use a string, and, believe me, you want to use a String as well.
    No way!
    I am opposed to use String. I don't want to waste my RAM.

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    Default Re: limiting string length

    Then dont use java, because with this attitude you wont get far with it. The java language has a certain philosophy, and what you just said is violating that philosophy quite heavily. Its just not the right language for you.
    Even if you use a char array, there is no guarantee that you will use less ram. You might end up using more. Strings are optimized, JVM's are very different and might also be optimized to work better with Strings. The JIT might be optimized to use Strings better. There are too many factors to say anything certain about this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cornix View Post
    Then dont use java, because with this attitude you wont get far with it. The java language has a certain philosophy, and what you just said is violating that philosophy quite heavily. Its just not the right language for you.
    Even if you use a char array, there is no guarantee that you will use less ram. You might end up using more. Strings are optimized, JVM's are very different and might also be optimized to work better with Strings. The JIT might be optimized to use Strings better. There are too many factors to say anything certain about this.
    But the result is that I cannot create a queue of 1000 elements of objects of the class I created, be they optimized or not.

    I am not gonna become a java programmer, not now, but I now have to do my homework in Java, not any other language.

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