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