Can someone explain to me what the reasoning behind passing by “value” and not by “reference” in Java is?

Question

I\'m fairly new to Java (been writing other stuff for many years) and unless I\'m missing something (and I\'m happy to be wrong here) the following is a fatal flaw...

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Answer 1

@Axelle

Mate do you really know the difference between passing by value and by reference ?

In java even references are passed by value. When you pass a reference to an object you are getting a copy of the reference pointer in the second variable. Tahts why the second variable can be changed without affecting the first.