CHAPTER 34B—Object Parameters

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created: 10/9/99; revised: 10/24/99, 01/22/00, 01/28/06, 04/15/07

CHAPTER 34B—Object Parameters

Parameters are used to pass values from a caller into a method. This chapter examines parameters that are object references.

Chapter Topics:

  • Review of parameters
  • Call by value with primitive data types
  • Object references as parameters
  • Immutable objects as parameters
  • Changeable objects as parameters

QUESTION 1:

(Review:) What is a formal parameter?

What is an actual parameter?

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