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Arrays are objects in java:
public void func() {
int[] myArray; // myArray variable on the stack myArray = new int[5]; // Array object allocated on heap, referenced by myArray variable on the stack
}
Note that member variables of objects are obviously going to take up memory on the heap not the stack - eg if you have 30 primitive member variables (ints, doubles etc) of a class and call new on that class, it will take up more memory allocation than a class that has 1 primitive member variable.
However allocating 30 local primitive variables during a function call allocates those primitive types on the stack alongside you local member reference variables.