Difference between Heap and Stack Memory in Java JVM

One of the many traits of a good programmer is how well he understands the fundamental and if you want to check the fundamentals of Java programmer than asking the difference between heap and stack memory is a good choice. Even though both are part of JVM and both consumers memory allocated to the Java process, there are many differences between them e.g. Heap memory is shared by all threads of Java application but Stack memory is local to each thread. Objects are created in heap memory but method frames are stored in Stack memory, and size of heap space is much bigger than the small size of Stack in Java. Even if you know this much information about heap and stack in Java, you are one of the better candidates, but let's see some more details to impress the interviewer.

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