geo yo

I got links and explanations enough to clarify my doubt.Thankyou very much for the quick response.

class Point{ public int x; public int y; } public class ReferencePassingTest{ public static void increment(int x){ x++; } public static void reset(Point point){ point.x=0; point.y=0; } public static void main(String[] args){ int a=9; increment(a); System.out.println(a);//prints same 9 Point p=new Point(); p.x=400; p.y=600; reset(p); System.out.println(p.x);//print changed value 0 } }

changes in the reset method affects the Point object becoz objects are passed by reference.This i understood.But is the value of variable a remaining the same becoz increment is a static method and int a is not static???or if we try to print x instead of a ,can we get the updated result???
Can anyone please explain it.

[edit]Add code tags. CR[/edit]
[ September 02, 2008: Message edited by: Campbell Ritchie ]