why java does not contain pointers?
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Answer / bharathi
Java has no pointers but it has reference. A reference is an
abstract identifier for an object and it tags every object
with a name in the jvm so that programmer can refer to it.
And it is completely hidden from the programmer in any case.
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Answer / pratiksha
pointers are dangerous and lead to memory leaks, memory
corruption, invalid memory access, e.g. from uninitialized
and improperly initialized variables, indexing out of
bounds, and many bugs due to pointer arithmetic.
References, and other features related to these, avoid all
these problems.
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Answer / hariprasad
I agree to the above answers and also, the main reason is;
by using pointers we can violate the system security. This
is another reason why pointers are not available directly
from java.
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Answer / diapk kumar sinha
Java has no need to contain pointers because, Because Java
is developed for fully system independent language, so in
the presence of pointer it may not perform like fully system
independent language. And the main thought is that removing
pointer is for security purpose and make it fully system
independent language to work at any platform.
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Answer / nisha
Because java does't allow pass by reference for parameter passing
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Answer / p.asifbasha
java has a multi program can access simple allocation of memory ..so no need of use in to the pointres ..but in case we can use the pointers in java the allocation of memory is more needed
thank u????
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Answer / siva athota
Java has no pointers but it has reference. A reference is an
abstract identifier for an object and it tags every
object.pointer leads to confusion for a programmer,pointer
crash the program easily..finally what i am saying that java
does not contain ponters
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Answer / varma
java programming environment does not support pointers in
other words java language is free from pointers concept.So
that we can get less application development time and less
application execution time.because of magic of byte code.
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Answer / rameshreddy
pointer means it is something pointes to other things. or
creating memory allocation for all the things(
class,methods,variables). In java creating memory allocation
is possible through java jvm only.
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