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This program demonstrates parameter passing in Java
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/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
/**
* This program demonstrates parameter passing in Java.
*
* @version 1.00 2000-01-27
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class ParamTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
/*
* Test 1: Methods can't modify numeric parameters
*/
System.out.println("Testing tripleValue:");
double percent = 10;
System.out.println("Before: percent=" + percent);
tripleValue(percent);
System.out.println("After: percent=" + percent);
/*
* Test 2: Methods can change the state of object parameters
*/
System.out.println("\nTesting tripleSalary:");
Employee harry = new Employee("Harry", 50000);
System.out.println("Before: salary=" + harry.getSalary());
tripleSalary(harry);
System.out.println("After: salary=" + harry.getSalary());
/*
* Test 3: Methods can't attach new objects to object parameters
*/
System.out.println("\nTesting swap:");
Employee a = new Employee("Alice", 70000);
Employee b = new Employee("Bob", 60000);
System.out.println("Before: a=" + a.getName());
System.out.println("Before: b=" + b.getName());
swap(a, b);
System.out.println("After: a=" + a.getName());
System.out.println("After: b=" + b.getName());
}
public static void tripleValue(double x) // doesn't work
{
x = 3 * x;
System.out.println("End of method: x=" + x);
}
public static void tripleSalary(Employee x) // works
{
x.raiseSalary(200);
System.out.println("End of method: salary=" + x.getSalary());
}
public static void swap(Employee x, Employee y) {
Employee temp = x;
x = y;
y = temp;
System.out.println("End of method: x=" + x.getName());
System.out.println("End of method: y=" + y.getName());
}
}
class Employee // simplified Employee class
{
public Employee(String n, double s) {
name = n;
salary = s;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public double getSalary() {
return salary;
}
public void raiseSalary(double byPercent) {
double raise = salary * byPercent / 100;
salary += raise;
}
private String name;
private double salary;
}
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