no java does not have a pointer but we can use the new operator

for ex:

the name of the method is firstname

we can create a objectas

firstname f new firstname

this allocates the memory according to the size of the method firstname

no java does not have pointers

we can use new pointer to refer an object variable

NO java doesn't support pointer concept

Let give me Why doesn't java

Java do have pointers; but not similar to the one that C has. In Java Pointers are in the form of Objects/references. Also the pointers in Java are not explicit like C. probably JVM internally uses pointers. Every object is a reference to a location making it a pointer...these pointers cannot be directly manipulated.

Differences between the C & Java pointers:

1) A pointer is a variable that holds the memory address of data. In Java
there are only references which do not hold any memory address but
which are indices in a table and this table has then the real pointer to
the data.

2) Pointer Arithmetic is not possible with Java pointers.

These are my conclusions ...... What u all people think about this?

Sharukh

Your explanation is very clear of all.

Thanks

Radhika.