pointers in java

how to implement functionality of pointers in java?
I've been refer by my friends to use a native method how to do that

I'm sure that none of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript will help with that question at all. So let's move the question out of the forum which is about those things into something more suitable.

And by the way you might want to explain the purpose of "implementing functionality of pointers", i.e. what you think you need those pointers for. Otherwise potential answers include "Just use C if you want pointers".

Hi Sridhar. Welcome to the Ranch!

What pointer functionality do you want? What are you trying to achieve with it?

There's a link here that tells you more about how to implement native methods, but I wouldn't want to recommend that approach without knowing what you're actually trying to do.

sridhar sivaraman wrote:how to implement functionality of pointers in java?

Why on earth would you want to do that? The whole point of the language was that it doesn't have pointers; and very glad most of us are of it too.

Winston

Hmmm i'm doing an antivirus scanner in java as my project so for memory managemet schemes i want pointers if there's any other means for that scheme also please inform me
and thanks for the reply

You don't need "memory management schemes" in Java, garbage collection takes care of memory for you.

sridhar sivaraman wrote:Hmmm i'm doing an antivirus scanner in java

Bad idea. Wrong tool for the job.

Ya i know that its a bad idea but i'm doing that as a challenge buddy, that's y

What would be the point? You'd be spending most of your time writing native code anyway. That's not a challenge, it's just silly.

Hmmm its ok and thanks for the reply

Hmmm i've recieved many reply's(from other site's also) that we can't touch the core of the system using java

is there any reason's for that

sridhar sivaraman wrote:Hmmm i've recieved many reply's(from other site's also) that we can't touch the core of the system using java is there any reason's for that

Because that's not what Java was made for. One of Java's primary design goals is and always has been platform-independence. The stuff you're trying to do is very platform-specific, and including those capabilities in Java would be contrary to its goal platform-independence. This is why I told you it's the wrong tool for the job. I thought you knew that. Sorry.

sridhar sivaraman wrote:Hmmm i've recieved many reply's(from other site's also)

Sridhar, please BeForthrightWhenCrossPostingToOtherSites(⇐click) when posting to other sites, so that people at each site will have the opportunity to see the entire discussion (or be able to choose to ignore the thread completely in favor of others that are confined to one site). Thanks!