Re: The Fact of relational algebra (was Re: Clean Object Class Design -- What is it?)
From: (wrong string) én <torkel_at_scheutz.sics.se>
Date: 10 Oct 2001 07:53:26 +0200
Message-ID: <ul0u1x882i1.fsf_at_scheutz.sics.se>
Date: 10 Oct 2001 07:53:26 +0200
Message-ID: <ul0u1x882i1.fsf_at_scheutz.sics.se>
"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> writes:
> From the Java Language Environment:
>
> All references to allocated storage, which in practice means all
> references to an object, are through symbolic "handles".
> The Java technology memory manager keeps track of references to objects.
> When an object has no more references, the object is a candidate for
> garbage collection.
>
> As you can see above, in Java, a reference is a pointer to a
> pointer.
A reference in Java is a pointer to a memory location where the object referenced is located. The value of a reference variable is a reference. Received on Wed Oct 10 2001 - 07:53:26 CEST