Size of a File object

Hi:
I would like to know generally how big is the size of your File object
Let us say I have a file called
c:/test.txt and the test.txt file itself is around 10K,
Then if i do something like
File file = new File("C:/test.txt");
I would assume the "file" object that is in virtual memory would be around 10K as well, I do understand that once this object is no loger referenced. it will be cleaned by the garbage collector,
So can someone enlighten me on this subject?
Thanks

You are wrong: a File object doesn't necessary point to a real file. You can have a file like C:\test.txt and not have a File object for it, or have a File object pointing to C:\test.txt, without the file C:\test.txt existing on your HDD. So the size of the File object has nothing to do with the real file.

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