What is the maximum of number of arguments for varargs in java?

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ACS picture ACS · Aug 10, 2013 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

What is the maximum of number of arguments which can be used by a vararg in java ? I believe there should be some limit and it is not infinite.

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Ingo picture Ingo · Aug 10, 2013

A method (including the static class initializer) can have at most 64k. If the arguments are such that they can be pushed with a single bytecode that is 1 byte long each, you can have something about 64000 arguments on a call.

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