/** Taken from Core Web Programming from * Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press, * http://www.corewebprogramming.com/. * © 2001 Marty Hall and Larry Brown; * may be freely used or adapted. */ import java.awt.Point; public class ModificationTest extends ReferenceTest { public static void main(String[] args) { Point p1 = new Point(1, 2); // Assign Point to p1 Point p2 = p1; // p2 is new reference to *same* Point print("p1", p1); // (1, 2) print("p2", p2); // (1, 2) munge(p2); // Changes fields of the *single* Point print("p1", p1); // (5, 10) print("p2", p2); // (5, 10) } public static void munge(Point p) { p.x = 5; p.y = 10; } }