query: Clarification on the statement: "Object references are passed by values in Java"
positive_passages.docid: 599
positive_passages.text: Is Java "pass-by-reference" or "pass-by-value"?
negative_passages.docid: 131352
negative_passages.text: Pointer vs. Reference
negative_passages.docid: 116576
negative_passages.text: Why must local variables, including primitives, always be initialized in Java?
negative_passages.docid: 33243
negative_passages.text: Self-references in object literals / initializers
negative_passages.docid: 94610
negative_passages.text: Avoiding copy of objects with the "return" statement
negative_passages.docid: 8283
negative_passages.text: Why does null reference print as "null"
negative_passages.docid: 125400
negative_passages.text: copy object as a reference
negative_passages.docid: 91298
negative_passages.text: What do ref, val and out mean on method parameters?
negative_passages.docid: 1784
negative_passages.text: What's the difference between passing by reference vs. passing by value?
negative_passages.docid: 61945
negative_passages.text: Are there benefits of passing by pointer over passing by reference in C++?
negative_passages.docid: 17184
negative_passages.text: Are arrays in PHP copied as value or as reference to new variables, and when passed to functions?
negative_passages.docid: 158102
negative_passages.text: Java pass by reference and compiler optimization
negative_passages.docid: 109507
negative_passages.text: How to pass variables by reference and by value
negative_passages.docid: 45188
negative_passages.text: How do I pass a variable by reference?
negative_passages.docid: 88290
negative_passages.text: In C++ How do references and pointers in parameters actually work? What are their set-in-stone protocol/"rule"?
negative_passages.docid: 146476
negative_passages.text: Java: Why aren't NullPointerExceptions called NullReferenceExceptions?
negative_passages.docid: 2146
negative_passages.text: object==null or null==object?