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Why is the swap method static?
Bellow I have some code and I was interested in understanding why this method works when it is static? I expected the opposite
public class demo { int no; demo(int no){ this.no=no; } public static void swap(demo c1, demo c2) { int temp = c1.no; c1.no = c2.no; c2.no = temp; } public static void main(String args[]) { demo c1 = new demo(1); demo c2 = new demo(2); swap(c1, c2); System.out.println("c1.no = " + c1.no); System.out.println("c2.no = " + c2.no); } }
Re: Why is the swap method static?
The swap method does not use any class instance variables. It accesses variables via object references passed to it.
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jenniferruurs (October 4th, 2019)
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