public class DrumKitTestDrive {
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Echo e1 = new Echo();
Echo e2 = new Echo();
// **e2 = e1;**
int x=0;
while( x < 4 ){
e1.hello();
e1.count = e1.count + 1;
if(x==3){
e2.count = e2.count + 1;
}
if(x>0){
e2.count = e2.count + e1.count;
}
x = x + 1;
}
System.out.print(e2.count);
}
}
class Echo {
int count = 0;
void hello(){
System.out.println("Hellooooo....");
}
}
The output of this code will be:
Hellooooo....
Hellooooo....
Hellooooo....
Hellooooo....
10
But if I remove the comments from // e2= e1;
when I run the code the system will print 24 instead of 10. I don't understand why is it so?
What I understand is the system will just copy the values of e1
instance into e2
instance. And if the system will do so, the result shall remain the same because both objects are of the same class.