Re: pass by reference

"Lew" <lew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
Chase Preuninger <chasepreuninger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All objects are "passed by reference" and all primitive types have
their value copied.

The objects are indeed passed by reference.

When I took a practice certification exam in Java, I was marked wrong for
saying that objects are passed by reference. The fact is that objects are
not passed at all - references are, and they are passed by value.
--
Lew

I think the terminology is bad. I prefer to look at it from a practical
standpoint - can I take the pointer to the Java object (and a pointer it
is), pass it into a method, and make changes to the object pointed to from
within the method, in such a way that those changes are reflected outside
the method? Yes. I may get flunked on a certification exam, but I call that
passing the object by reference.

AHS


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