CHAPTER 34b --- Object Parameters

Parameters are used to pass values from a caller into a method. So far all the examples have used primitive data types as parameters. This chapter examines parameters that are object references.

Chapter Topics:

• Review of parameters.
• Call by value with primitive data types.
• Objects as parameters.
• Immutable objects as parameters.
• Changable objects as parameters.

QUESTION 1:

(Review:) What is a formal parameter? What is an actual parameter?