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pointer comparison table

Subject	refer to	declare by	have	be	have scope	is a kind of	is a synonym of	is a subtopic of	cascade you	have syntax rule	have purpose	destroy in	access by	have access modifier	have access mode	has part	has definition	contain	be not accessible
object reference	a class or an object or a primitive datum	giving the data type followed by the name of the variable	comment if it is non-obvious	a label for a chunk of memory that holds the memory address for a chunk of memory that holds and instance		pointer	reference	Objects	prepend a class or package names to a reference with the character '.'	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	to refer to an object indirectly so the object may be moved or reclaimed	the block where it is declared	other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default	public or private or protected		value	A variable that refers to an object	only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type	to the programmer except for the equals method

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