Reference Types (no pointers)

• all objects and arrays handled by reference

• the = and == operators assign and test references

• clone() and equals() used to copy or test objects

• a ref type cannot be cast to a primitive type

• a primitive type cannot be cast to a ref type

• no pointer arithmetic

• no sizeof operator

• null is a special value that means ìno objectî

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