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named object reference
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named object referencehas a name which is a variable name or a literaladded by: DS, 2001-10-19 11:37:28.0
is a subtopic of Objects2001-10-19 11:37:28.0
is a kind of object referenceadded by: DS, 2001-10-19 11:37:28.0
object referencehas purpose to refer to an object indirectly so the object may be moved or reclaimed2001-10-19 11:37:33.0
is a key into the object table2001-10-19 11:37:33.0
is a label for a chunk of memory that holds the memory address for a chunk of memory that holds and instance2001-10-19 11:37:33.0
is not accessible to the programmer except for the equals method2001-10-19 11:37:34.0
to cascade you prepend a class or package names to a reference with the character '.'2001-10-19 11:37:34.0
variablecan be accessed by other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default    2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can contain different classes of objects depending on the type of the variable2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can contain only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can refer to a particular object, several different objects during the execution of a program, or no object at all    2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has scope2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has part value2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
is declared by giving the data type followed by the name of the variable    2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
is destroyed in the block where it is declared2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
may have access modifier 2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
refers to a class or an object or a primitive datum2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
access unithas access mode2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
2001-10-19 11:38:04.0

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