Yea, Strings in Java take up much more memory than one would expect. Minimum String memory usage (bytes) = 8 * (int) ((((no chars) * 2) + 45) / 8) http://www.

Yea, Strings in Java take up much more memory than one would expect. Minimum String memory usage (bytes) = 8 * (int) ((((no chars) * 2) + 45) / 8) http://www.javamex.com/tutorials/memory/string_memory_usage.shtml http://www.javamex.com/tutorials/memory/string_memory_usage.... Objects in general also have significant overhead.