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Articles by Ali
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What is the difference between Java references and pointers in other languages?
Reference datatypes in java are those which contains reference/address of dynamically created objects. These are not predefined like primitive data types. Following are the reference types in Java. class types − This reference type points to an object of a class. array types − This reference type points to an array. interface types − This reference type points to an object of a class which implements an interface. Once we create a variable of these types (i.e. when we create an array or object, class or interface). These variables only store the address of these values. Default ...
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No, local variables do not have default values. Once we create a local variable we must initialize it before using it. Since the local variables in Java are stored in stack in JVM there is a chance of getting the previous value as default value. Therefore, In Java default values for local variables are not allowed. Example public class Sample { public static void main(String args[] ){ int data; System.out.println(data); } } Error C:\Sample>javac Sample.java Sample.java:4: error: variable data might not have been initialized System.out.println(data); ^ 1 error
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