Passing primitive types by reference
Hi All,
I am a java beginner. I quickly went through The Microsoft Visual j++ source book. Fortunately, it is recommended by Java-SIG so the information covers only those aspects of j++ that are true java. In addition, I have been going through the much more complete book (transfered from this site), "Thinking in Java". I have a background in C, C++, Fortran. This question will probably seem basic but I have not yet seen it discussed in either book.
How does one pass a primitive type by reference? The closest thing to doing so that i can see to to create a 1 element array of that type and pass the array. Alternatively one could use the object wrappers for the primitive types, but it seems like there would be a lot of overhead in creating the object, making it inefficient.
-Brad
Re: Passing primitive types by reference
Use the second approach. That is, use the wrapper classes. It has no more overhead
than using a 1 element array since an array too is a Java object. Using the
wrapper classes is the reccomended way.
Re: Passing primitive types by reference
Thanks Zafir,
Your help with my posting has been useful thus far. Are you the moderated of this discusion board?
-Brad