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Feb 21, 2025 · Fundamentals
Why Storing Phone Numbers as Strings Beats Ints in Java
This article explains why using Java's String type for phone numbers is more memory‑efficient, semantically correct, and performant than using primitive int, covering JVM bytecode, memory layout, string pool optimization, and real‑world case studies.
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