Memory footprint of java primitives

Memory foot print of Java primitives

Java Primitive Data Types

Data Type	Description	Size	Default Value
boolean	true or false	1-bit	false
char	Unicode Character	16-bit	\u0000
byte	Signed Integer	8-bit (byte)	0
short	Signed Integer	16-bit (short)	0
int	Signed Integer	32-bit	0
long	Signed Integer	64-bit	0L
long	float	Real number	32-bit	0.0f
double	Real number	64-bit	0.0d

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