Is Java pass by Reference?
kgleong edited this page Sep 10, 2015
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Java actually passes all parameters by value.
This is evident by looking at the example below:
// Creates a pointer to a person object called person1.
Person person1;
// Saves the address for the new person object in person1.
person1 = new Person();
person1.firstName = "John";
// Passes in the address to the new person object,
// but does not change the address saved in person1.
switchToNewPerson(person1);
System.out.println(person1.firstName) // Prints 'John'
void switchToNewPerson(Person person) {
person = new Person();
person.firstName = "Jane";
}
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