Array - question

[Chitra AP]

public class Example1 {
int i[] = {0};
public static void main(String args[]) {
int i[] = {1};

change_i(i);
System.out.println(i[0]);
}
public static void change_i(int i[]) {
int j[] = {2};
i = j;
}
}

Please explain why the answer would be 1. Thanks.

[amit taneja]

the answer is simple chirta...

you are getting 1 because

int the change_i(int i[]) method you are declaring int[i] with the same name asyou declared it in main method ..but that is only the shadowing of that name and the one in change_i is just a reference to original int i[] of main();
so when you are assining j[] to the local reference of change_i[]..change is happening but only on local i[] not on the original one...

original one in main is still pointing to the object containing 1 integer primitive element...

hope it helps...

regards