what is "reference of any object" and "object"

[Tomendra Singh]

hi people,
i am confuse in that what is "reference of any object" and "object".
actually i know what is object but i am confuse in that what is "reference of an object."
please provide any simplest example with some code so that i can understand better.

thank you.

[Larry Frissell]

In another thread Fred Rosenberger stated it best

personally, i think of references as notecards with address on them, and they refer to a house.

when you 'pass an object' into a method, you are really passing a copy of the reference. So, you are effectively passing a copy of the address.

So an object is a house, the reference is the address of where the house is located.

[fred rosenberger]

when you say

MyObject foo = new MyObject();

two things are created. an object is made on the heap somewhere. you don't have direct access to this. this is the house.

a reference called "foo" is made. this is the notecard, which you DO have. the '=' then writes the address on the card.

so in this case, there is an object somewhere. 'foo' is the reference to the object - it's how you get to the object.

[Tomendra Singh]

thanks Larry, but please can you or anyone tell me it with some java example. please put very simple examples.

[Tomendra Singh]

thanks a lot fred,thank you very very much. now i have understood.