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problem to understand d1.d=d2

 
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class dog
{
dog d;
public static void main(String[] arg)
{
dog d1=new dog();
dog d2=new dog();
// code insertion.............

}
}
if in above code sample at comment part if I do
d1=d2; means now d1 has lost the object it was referring and now d1 is referring the same object as being referred by d2.

But i've problem to understand if i do
d1.d=d2;
What does above line stands for???
Thanks
Deepak
 
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Since d is an attribute that every dog object has, i think that d1.d=d2 would imply that you are trying to make the d1's (member) d to refer to the same dog object that d2 refers to. This should run perfectly well though I think the code is poorly crafted in terms of design. You should generally use get/set methods to change the attributes of objects to prevent client code from indiscriminately altering them.

By the way,where did you get such cryptic looking code from?was it an exam question?I'm also preparing for scjp5.0
 
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Hi Legunsen
Similar kind of code is given on page 249 of K & B under Isolating a Reference(for Garbage Collection).That is hard to understand What exactly happening there.
 
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I will look it up and get back to you. I hope you are not stuck in your preparations because of this.
 
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By the way, did you find my previous post useful?
 
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Hi Castor
No doubt that was useful and i was thinking in the same way...
 
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