how java allocates space for objects methods

[Anil Deshpande]

Hi I don't know whether this question is right?

  class Animal
{
 public void methos1()
{
 System.out.println("Method1");
}
}  

Say I have a class Animal and have created three objects of that class type.

Animal a =new Animal();
Animal b =new Animal();
Animal c =new Animal();
    

I want to know whether all objects a,b,c share same method in jvm memory space or each object have their own copy of method1

[Ramasamy Anbalagan]

Hi Anil,

Each object having their own copy of Method1 string value.

[Muhammad usman shad]

Dear,
All the objects will share same copy........
If you make any change in the method,
It will affect on all the objects...
So, changing in one method affecting all the objects means that all the objects share same copy....
Right...

[Campbell Ritchie]

Why do you need to know that in the first place?

I know it is a bit out of date, but the BCEL handbook is a good starting-point for such questions.

[Anil Deshpande]

My friend had recently attended a interview for a teaching faculty job.

This question was asked to him. He exactly said that all objects share the same copy of the method.Even I had agreed to him. The person who was doing the interview disagreed.

So I wanted to confirm the answer.

Thanks a lot for clarifying.

[Campbell Ritchie]

So, what did your friend say when given incorrect information in an interview?

[Anil Deshpande]

Don't know, have to ask him