yes and no. the point is not really whether arguments are passed by reference or value. It is rather whether a chang to the argument inside the method will be reflected outside. In the case of Objects, it will. In the case of primitives (including Strings, if I am not wrong), it won't.
olivier (hoping he has not just written bullshit... :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Galbreath, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mikkel Bruun'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Struts (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:48 PM Subject: RE: Java Trivia > Obviously, the first is passed by value, but the second? We know p will > reference the same object it referenced before the method invocation - the > memory location it points to is the same. Because p will always point to > the same memory location, is it not also passed by value? > > ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mikkel Bruun [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 8:44 AM > > Ehh... > > primitives vs ojbects??? > > by value or by ref... > > whats the point?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Galbreath, Mark > To: Struts (E-mail); J2ee (E-mail) > > What's the difference between > > int i = 3; > someMethod( i); > > and > > Point p = new Point( 3, 3); > someOtherMethod( p); > > ? > > Mark > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
