Passing Object Reference Variables When you pass an object variable into a method, you must keep in mind that you're passing the object reference, and not the actual object itself. Remember that a ...

Reference variables store references or pointers to objects, such as arrays, strings, or user-defined classes. An object is a complex data structure that consists of fields (attributes) and ...

Object states and the Reference Objects API class hierarchy. Prior to the release of Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.2, an object could be in only one of three states: reachable ...

Those objects in turn typically contain reference variables that refer to further objects, which are indirectly reachable from a member of the root set. As long as a path exists either directly or ...

Distributed applications provide numerous advantages related to software performance, reliability, interoperability, and extensibility. This paper focuses on distributed Java programs built with the ...

Java provides a way for the programmer to exercise control over memory management by marking certain objects as expendable via reference objects. Should an application’s memory requirements ...