Re: Why all the max length constraints?

From: Marshall <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 30 May 2006 15:32:39 -0700
Message-ID: <1149024050.673191.230270_at_r44g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>

David Cressey wrote:

> I thought Marshall said that Java strings were limited to a few gigabytes.
> I that "almost unlimited"?

OT: Java's String object is a wrapper for an array of char. Java arrays are indexed by an int, which is by definition (by the *Java* definition) a 32 bit signed integer. Because of this, arrays are limited to 2^32-1 length, which means String objects have the same limit on length.

Marshall Received on Wed May 31 2006 - 00:32:39 CEST

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