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Shallow

This Java code shows how a shallow copy of an array is made when passing it to a constructor, so that changes to the original array are reflected in the copy, demonstrating that only a reference and not the array itself was copied.

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Shallow

This Java code shows how a shallow copy of an array is made when passing it to a constructor, so that changes to the original array are reflected in the copy, demonstrating that only a reference and not the array itself was copied.

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//code illustrating shallow copy

public class Ex {

private int[] data;

// makes a shallow copy of values


public Ex(int[] values) {
data = values;
}

public void showData() {


System.out.println( Arrays.toString(data) );
}
}
public class UsesEx{

public static void main(String[] args) {


int[] vals = {3, 7, 9};
Ex e = new Ex(vals);
e.showData(); // prints out [3, 7, 9]
vals[0] = 13;
e.showData(); // prints out [13, 7, 9]

// Very confusing, because we didn't


// intentionally change anything about
// the object e refers to.
}
}

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