How to save a ref variable for later use?

Question

So this works..

public MyClass(ref Apple apple)
{
    apple = new Apple(\"Macintosh\"); // Works fine
}

But is it possible to do something

Answer 1

No, there isn't. myApple is a field that holds a reference to an Apple; the parameter apple, however, is actually a reference-to-a-reference-to-an-Apple. When you assign apple to myApple you dereference the value of the parameter. Beyond that, they are separate and distinct.

So no: it is not possible.

What would be possible is to have something like:

public class AppleWrapper {
    public Apple Value {get;set;}
}

Now; if you store an AppleWrapper, any number of callers can access and change the .Value