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reference type (non-primitive type)
subject			fact

reference type	is a synonym of non-primitive type
	has definition A type where a variable of that type evaluates to the address of the location in memory where the object referenced by the variable is stored
	evaluates to the address of the location in memory where the object referenced by the variable is stored
	has default value null - a value that indicates that there is no instance assigned to the variable
	has name starting with a capital letter
	is a subtopic of Variables and Data Types
	is partitioned into array type, class type , interface type
	is a kind of type
type	limits the possible values that a variable can hold or that an expression can produce at run time
	specifies a set of value

Kinds of reference type :

• array type (2 facts)
• class type (3 facts) - A reference type that is defined by a class, i.e. its values are the class instances
• interface type (2 facts)