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Both 'A' and 'B' are class REFERENCE variables.  In your code you have only
one instantiated object, first referenced using 'A' then, after the B=A
code, by both 'A' and 'B'.


Fabrice Pati wrote:

> Just a little question concerning Java and how objects are allocated in
> memory:
>
> What happen with the snippet:
>
> "MyClass A = new MyClass();
> MyClass B;
>
> B = A;"
>
> Is B instantiated as if a "new myClass()" has occured ?
> or does the JVM just do a pointer copy ?
>
> Sorry for the newby question
>
> Fab



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