Answer Posted / sreevani

Java doesn't pass method arguments by reference; it passes
them by value.


Take the badSwap() method for example:

public void badSwap(int var1, int var2)
{
int temp = var1;
var1 = var2;
var2 = temp;
}


When badSwap() returns, the variables passed as arguments
will still hold their original values. The method will also
fail if we change the arguments type from int to Object,
since Java passes object references by value as well.
Now, here is where it gets tricky:

public void tricky(Point arg1, Point arg2)
{
arg1.x = 100;
arg1.y = 100;

Point temp = arg1;
arg1 = arg2;
arg2 = temp;
}

public static void main(String [] args)
{
Point pnt1 = new Point(0,0);
Point pnt2 = new Point(0,0);
System.out.println("X: " + pnt1.x + " Y: " +pnt1.y);
System.out.println("X: " + pnt2.x + " Y: " +pnt2.y);
System.out.println(" ");
tricky(pnt1,pnt2);
System.out.println("X: " + pnt1.x + " Y:" + pnt1.y);
System.out.println("X: " + pnt2.x + " Y: " +pnt2.y);
}

If we execute this main() method, we see the following
output:

X: 0 Y: 0
X: 0 Y: 0

X: 100 Y: 100
X: 0 Y: 0

The method successfully alters the value of pnt1, even
though it is passed by value; however, a swap of pnt1 and
pnt2 fails! This is the major source of confusion. In the
main() method, pnt1 and pnt2 are nothing more than object
references. When you pass pnt1 and pnt2 to the tricky()
method, Java passes the references by value just like any
other parameter. This means the references passed to the
method are actually copies of the original references.

Java copies and passes the reference by value, not the
object. Thus, method manipulation will alter the objects,
since the references point to the original objects. But
since the references are copies, swaps will fail. As Figure
2 illustrates, the method references swap, but not the
original references. Unfortunately, after a method call,
you are left with only the unswapped original references.
For a swap to succeed outside of the method call, we need
to swap the original references, not the copies.

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