difference between pointer and reference

[chikkireddi]

What is the difference between pointers in C and reference in Java

[sanj singh]

Hi Chikki
The references used in Java are a higher level view of the lower level pointers in C.Internally all references are pointers(I'd guess so).
regards
sanj

[Jim Bertorelli]

Hi chikkireddi, You should probably post this question in one of the "Java in general" forums. After, of course, registering with a proper name
[This message has been edited by Jim Bertorelli (edited December 05, 2001).]

[Thomas Paul]

Moved to Java in General (Beginner's)
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[Gregg Bolinger]

I have been in debate after debate over this very question. Please know that there are NO pointers in JAVA. Everything in JAVA is a reference. But also keep in mind that the term reference in JAVA means something different than it does in the C language.

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[Bob Graffagnino]

I think of references like this:
They contain a pointer to an object that is in the reference type's inheritance tree.
They contain a list of methods signatures that they can call from the object that it's pointing to.

[Cindy Glass]

Pointers in C++ can be manipulated.
This is not true in Java - you can not do operations on references.