Will resetting an object be less expensive then reinstantiating?

From: Inertia_sublimation (inertia_sublimation_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 03:15:10 GMT

Hi everyone!

I was wondering, I've been doing some work with GridBagLayout, and have
noticed my overuse of
"= new GridBagCostraints". I decided to create a new class,
ReusableGridBagComponents, inherit from
GBC, and make a reset method. This reset method would reset the GBC's public
fields to their default values,
so I can use the same GBC to position a new component. (I'll just pass that
same RGBC to the getContentPane().add() method.)

Does this have any consequences to it? I had the mentality that more objects
== more heap use, so it was best to conserve that heap space.

Thanks in advance!

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