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Article #14479Big Question !!!
From: Gemplus Software
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 00:00
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Hello,
I know that passing an object to a function is by reference.
So Why if I do that the object passesd is not modified. Illustration:
Class XXX {
int myInt;
public XXX() {
myInt = 2;
}
public void setToNull ( XXX myVar) {
myVar = null;
}
public String toString() {
return "myInt = " + myInt;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
XXX myXXX= new XXX();
myXXX.setToNull(myXXX);
System.out.println("myXXX is " + myXXX.toString());
}
}
displays myXXX is myInt = 2. Why ????
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