Object Cloning in Java: Shallow, Deep, and Serialization Strategies
Primitive assignments in Java duplicate the actual value:
int count = 10;
int tally = count;
This behavior applies to all eight primitive types. Object variables, however, store memory addresses rather than the objects themselves. Direct assignment therefore creates an alias, not an independent entity:
class Employee {
private int badgeId; ...
Posted on Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:12:29 +0000 by hand