这与c++中的引用传递是有区别的。
在corejava第八版的第一卷119页有个很好的例子,如下
/** * This program demonstrates parameter passing in Java. * @version 1.00 2000-01-27 * @author Cay Horstmann */ public class ParamTest { public static void main(String[] args) { /* * Test 1: Methods can't modify numeric parameters */ System.out.println("Testing tripleValue:"); double percent = 10; System.out.println("Before: percent=" + percent); tripleValue(percent); System.out.println("After: percent=" + percent); /* * Test 2: Methods can change the state of object parameters */ System.out.println("\nTesting tripleSalary:"); Employee harry = new Employee("Harry", 50000); System.out.println("Before: salary=" + harry.getSalary()); tripleSalary(harry); System.out.println("After: salary=" + harry.getSalary()); /* * Test 3: Methods can't attach new objects to object parameters */ System.out.println("\nTesting swap:"); Employee a = new Employee("Alice", 70000); Employee b = new Employee("Bob", 60000); System.out.println("Before: a=" + a.getName()); System.out.println("Before: b=" + b.getName()); swap(a, b); System.out.println("After: a=" + a.getName()); System.out.println("After: b=" + b.getName()); } public static void tripleValue(double x) // doesn't work { x = 3 * x; System.out.println("End of method: x=" + x); } public static void tripleSalary(Employee x) // works { x.raiseSalary(200); System.out.println("End of method: salary=" + x.getSalary()); } public static void swap(Employee x, Employee y) { Employee temp = x; x = y; y = temp; System.out.println("End of method: x=" + x.getName()); System.out.println("End of method: y=" + y.getName()); } } class Employee // simplified Employee class { public Employee(String n, double s) { name = n; salary = s; } public String getName() { return name; } public double getSalary() { return salary; } public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) { double raise = salary * byPercent / 100; salary += raise; } private String name; private double salary; }
显示的结果为
Testing tripleValue: Before: percent=10.0 End of method: x=30.0 After: percent=10.0 Testing tripleSalary: Before: salary=50000.0 End of method: salary=150000.0 After: salary=150000.0 Testing swap: Before: a=Alice Before: b=Bob End of method: x=Bob End of method: y=Alice After: a=Alice After: b=Bob
主要是中间的那一段,让以前学过c++的人很容易弄混。但看下下面的图就很容易理解了。
这里的对象的引用参数与c++用的指针变量类似,而不是与引用类似,所以依旧是值传递。
第二个容易把人弄晕的是String类型的对象作为参数传递。
有如下代码
public class Test { static String Change(String s) { s = "456"; System.out.println("method:" + s); return s; } static StringBuilder Change(StringBuilder s) { s.replace(0, s.length(), "456"); System.out.println("method:" + s); return s; } /** * @param args */ public static void main(String[] args) { String str = new String("123"); String str_ref = str; System.out.println("before:" + str + "," + str_ref + " " + (str == str_ref)); str_ref = Change(str_ref); System.out.println("atter:" + str + "," + str_ref + " " + (str == str_ref)); System.out.println("**************************"); // TODO Auto-generated method stub StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder("123"); StringBuilder s2 = s; System.out.println("before:" + s + "," + s2 + " " + (s == s2)); s2 = Change(s2); System.out.println("atter:" + s + "," + s2 + " " + (s == s2)); } }
输出结果为
before:123,123 true method:456 atter:123,456 false ************************** before:123,123 true method:456 atter:456,456 true
原因是String 类型的对象的值不能改变,当函数中s = "456“时s就重新指向一个新的对象。而StringBuilder类型的对象变量调用replace方法时直接修改引用的对象的值。