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Object Reference
Greetings everyone!!!
I am actually confused about a concept. So, i want you guys to actually help me out. Forexample,
class_A obj1=new class_A();
Suppose the above statement initializes all instances of class_A with 5, 6 and 7.
Now,
class_A obj2=new class_A();
obj2=obj1;
This is just a reference to the obj1. So, what if i want to assign all values of obj1 to obj2 but not as a reference, what should i do, other than using copy constructor.
I am waiting for your suggestions.
Regards...
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Re: Object Reference
Unfortunately, for objects Java only allows using the = operator as assigning object references.
You can either manually re-assign the values, or use a helper method to copy the values for you.
If keeping the specific object originally referenced by obj2 is important, I would recommend not using a copy constructor or clone method as these typically imply that you get a new object which happen to have the same values as the original.
In this case, your code might look something like this:
obj2.copyFrom(obj1); // copyFrom copies all values from obj1 into obj2
Re: Object Reference
Thanks for the reply.
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