Can anyone please explain the difference between Objects and Variables? Are all Variables created in Java considered Objects? Thanks for any responses!
No variables that you create in Java are objects. A variable is either a primitive type (such as int) or an object reference. This is a tremendously important concept. When you create a variable of a primitive type:
The variable contains an integer value (in this case uninitialized). But when you declare an object variable:
no Integer object exists until you create one and assign it to the variable as in
The variable is merely a holder for the reference to the actual object. hth, bear [ September 16, 2003: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
