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Max size of java class

 
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What is the maximum size(in kilobytes) a java class can be? Indeed can a class be any size?
 
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In theory there is no limit, however a particular machine may throw an OutOfMemoryError if there is not enough memory to completely load the class.
 
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Well there are actually practical limits on a variety of entities, like size of identifier names, numbers of methods, limits on parameter lists, etc; So there are upper limits on how big a class file can be.
Details here:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/html/ClassFile.doc.html#88659
(Thanks to zakaria haque for the link)
[ March 12, 2002: Message edited by: Rob Ross ]
 
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