where is array saved in memory in java?

Question

If I have a function that in that function I declare:

Object arr[] = new Object[20];

Where are arr and the whole array stored? heap? stack?

Answer 1

An Array of n Strings is

• A subsequent list of n object references on the heap
• n single String objects with a reference to an array on the heap
• n arrays of chars on the heap

This Array then has a reference as well that can be held on the stack or (as a field on a class) in the heap