Thread: the pass by reference technique in java

Hello,

I'm new in the java world and was wondering if there is a possibility to use the pass by reference technique in java like in C++.
I'm using this book as my reference but I think there is no way to do that.

it-book-recommendations.com/departments/programming%20languages/java/index.html

Thanks in advance.

Not exactly, but there is a little trick if you really want to do it, just use a one-element array instead.
But, it is more recommended to simply do a more java-apropriate program design.

Originally Posted by dean_corso

Hello,

I'm new in the java world and was wondering if there is a possibility to use the pass by reference technique in java like in C++.

Remember that objects in Java are passed by value, though the value they are passing for an object is a pointer/reference to the object. So you have access to an object as if you had the * operator, just like in C++.