In programming, the period of time between an object's creation and its destruction
Also known as variable lifetime · storage duration · lifetime of an object · lifetime of a variable
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In object-oriented programming (OOP), object lifetime is the period of time between an object's creation and its destruction. In some programming contexts, object lifetime coincides with the lifetime of a variable that represents the object. In other contexts – where the object is accessed by reference – object lifetime is not determined by the lifetime of a variable. For example, destruction of the variable may only destroy the reference, not the referenced object.