title: Memory usage of a Java String Array
body: <p>How much space does a java string array take up?
  More specifically, how much space (in bytes) does a string array that looks something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Longbowman 
  kingdom   
  lord    
  weapon1,weapon2,weapon3    
  armor1,armor2,armor3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I ask this because I'm going to create a program that has 5,000+ of these arrays and want to know how much space it'll take up so I'll know if I should rework the data storage.</p>
  
  <p>So to recap, how much space does a string array (if its quantifiable) take up?</p>