What is class static variable in java

Question

Where is class static field is declared and how this field is associated with every classes?

System.out.pritnln(String.class);
System.out.pritnln(Student.class);

output:

class java.lang.String
class Student

Answer 1

It depends on the implementation of the VM, but if you do a heap dump of the Hotspot JVM you can see a special object for each class which holds the static fields.

You can access them dynamically at runtime by using reflection.