I know Java doesn't have pointers, but I heard that Java programs can be created with pointers and that this can be done by the few who are experts in Java. Is it true?

Java does have pointers, which are known under the name " reference ". When people say "Java does not have pointers", they typically confuse the concept of a pointer with the specific implementation …

Sep 20, 2011 · C++ supports pointers whereas Java does not. But when many programmers questioned how you can work without pointers, the promoters began saying "Restricted pointers.” So we can say …

Sep 15, 2011 · Pointers are unsafe and references are safe. If you have an option between the two select references. In languages like C#, you have this freedom. Pointers exists in C/C++ and …

Apr 15, 2012 · In Java, instead of pointers you have references to objects. You cannot pass a primitive type by reference, but you can wrap a primitive type inside an object and then pass a reference to …

Jul 2, 2009 · In C# there is a concept of delegates, which relates strongly to the idea of function pointers from C++. Is there a similar functionality in Java? Given that pointers are somewhat absent, what is …

Aug 3, 2011 · Thus, Java has no pointer data types. Any task that would require arrays, structures, and pointers in C can be more easily and reliably performed by declaring objects and arrays of objects. …

Java does have pointers. Any time you create an object in Java, you're actually creating a pointer to the object; this pointer could then be set to a different object or to null, and the original object will still …

Mar 7, 2012 · So overall Java doesn't have pointers (in the C/C++ sense) because it doesn't need them for general purpose OOP programming. Furthermore, adding pointers to Java would undermine …

Mar 28, 2012 · You can't do pointer arithmetic with references. The most important difference between a pointer in C and a reference in Java is that you can't actually get to (and manipulate) the underlying …