[转]Does Java pass by reference or pass by value?
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Does Java pass by reference or pass by value?
Why can't you swap in Java?
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If Java uses the pass-by reference, why won't a swap function work?
Your question demonstrates a common error made by Java language newcomers. Indeed, even seasoned veterans find it difficult to keep the terms straight.
Java does manipulate objects by reference, and all object variables are references. However, 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. Figure 1 below shows two references pointing to the same object after Java passes an object to a method.
Figure 1. After being passed to a method, an object will have at least two 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.
Figure 2. Only the method references are swapped, not the original ones
About the author
Tony Sintes is a principal consultant at BroadVision. Tony, a Sun-certified Java 1.1 programmer and Java 2 developer, has worked with Java since 1997.O'Reilly's Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan (see Resources ) puts it best: "Java manipulates objects 'by reference,' but it passes object references to methods 'by value.'" As a result, you cannot write a standard swap method to swap objects.
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