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1 definition
2 Detailed introduction
2.1 Object header
[Object mark]
Mark Word
[Class meta information]
also known as type pointer
2.1 Instance data
2.1 Alignment padding
3 JOL view memory layout
public class ObjectLayout {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(VM.current().details());
System.out.println(VM.current().objectAlignment());
}
}
# Running 64-bit HotSpot VM.
# Using compressed oop with 0-bit shift.
# Using compressed klass with 3-bit shift.
# Objects are 8 bytes aligned.
# Field sizes by type: 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8, 8 [bytes]
# Array element sizes: 4, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8, 8 [bytes]
8
public class ObjectLayout {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Object o = new Object();
System.out.println(ClassLayout.parseInstance(o).toPrintable());
}
}
java.lang.Object object internals:
OFFSET SIZE TYPE DESCRIPTION VALUE
0 4 (object header) 01 00 00 00 (00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000) (1)
4 4 (object header) 00 00 00 00 (00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000) (0)
8 4 (object header) e5 01 00 20 (11100101 00000001 00000000 00100000) (536871397)
12 4 (loss due to the next object alignment)
Instance size: 16 bytes
Space losses: 0 bytes internal + 4 bytes external = 4 bytes total
