Does Java support pointers?

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Yes and no. . The pointer model is of course supported by Java. But it has become much easier to the developer to handle it. Because Java exposes the concept of pointer in terms of reference variables and this the developer can get rid of all sorts of cumbersome pointer notations and to be hassle f...
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Dear Santosh Well, the answer is YES and NO :-) NO - From the perspective of Programmers there is no pointers in Java and everything is References YES - All the References are Contextually handled as POINTERS internally by Java (to be specific by JVM) and the programmers no need to worry about...
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Dear Santosh Well, the answer is YES and NO :-) NO - From the perspective of Programmers there is no pointers in Java and everything is References YES - All the References are Contextually handled as POINTERS internally by Java (to be specific by JVM) and the programmers no need to worry about the same. In Short POINTERS are ENCAPSULATED as References in Java Language with Regards Shiva read less
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In a way yes, but we do not have special datatypes for pointers.
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Java do not support pointers
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Java does't support pointers because usage of pointer leads illegal access of data i.e pointers show the exact address of the data and using this address any modifications can be made to info stored leading to lack of security, but java is a secured language and prides itself of being robust that's the...
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Java does't support pointers because usage of pointer leads illegal access of data i.e pointers show the exact address of the data and using this address any modifications can be made to info stored leading to lack of security, but java is a secured language and prides itself of being robust that's the reason pointers concept was removed from Java. Though there are reference variables in java which act in a similar ways like pointer that is holding the address of an object for example consider class A { } class B { A a= new A(); } here 'a' is a reference variable which stores the address of the object A and the address is not revealed to the user or any other because if u try to access the address of 'a' it returns a fully qualified address i.e. packagename.classname @ some hexadecimal value by doing so the security is preserved and illegal access is avoided. read less
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java is a plateform independent language and internet supported , therefore computers might be hacked or currupt. thats why its not support support pointers.
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