Is Java “pass-by-reference” or “pass-by-value”?
Myth : " Objects are passed by reference, primitives are passed by value " To make a long story short - Java is always pass by value , there is nothing like pass by reference in java. Does this sound strange and confusing? Okay to clear your confusion, lets quickly understand what these term means- 1) pass by value means that we pass copy of actual variables 2) pass by reference means that we pass memory address actual variables Now, Lets see how java behaves for different cases. In java there are two types of variable- 1) Primitive variable (Holds value) and 2) Non primitive variable (Holds only address of object) In the case of primitive types, Java behaviour is simple and non confusing: The value is copied in another instance of the primitive type. In case of non primitives or Objects, this is also the same but looks confusing: Object variables are buckets(pointers) holding only Object’s address that was created using the ...