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Friday, May 8, 2026
- dreamreal~sizeof
- javabotGetting the size of objects in Java is usually not worth the effort. With that said, google "sizeof for java" and you can find various attempts at calculating how large a given object graph is, but it's not likely to be 100% accurate. Also see ~jol .
- dreamreal~jol
- javabotJava Object Layout (JOL) is a tool for analyzing objects' memory layout in the JVM. For more info see https://github.com/openjdk/jol
- cheeserit's even harder now, i think, than went that factoid was written.
- cheeser~info sizeof
- javabotsizeof was added by: dreamreal on 06 Apr 2022 at 09:01 and has a literal value of: <reply>Getting the size of objects in Java is usually not worth the effort. With that said, google "sizeof for java" and you can find various attempts at calculating how large a given object graph is, but it's not likely to be 100% accurate. Also see ~jol .
- cheeseronly 4 years since it was updated. not so long ago then.
- Parajust lol
- ParaI mean lust jol.
- dreamrealwell, I'd be using it on java 17, so ...
- dreamrealplus I'd want to overshoot if inaccuracy was involved
- jbosmansdreamreal, you'd be using java 17? ;-)
- jbosmansas in, by choice :-P
- dreamrealjbosmans: no.
- dreamrealI would be using java 17, but not by choice.
- jbosmansi can understand "that" :-D
- jbosmans"a man's gotta do what he's gotta do" etc
- jbosmans17 tho !
- dreamrealin my case, it's "comply with legal requirements"
- jbosmansi kid :)
- jbosmansyeah makes sense and assumed as such