// references/Alias1.java

// (c)2017 MindView LLC: see Copyright.txt

// We make no guarantees that this code is fit for any purpose.

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// Aliasing two references to one object

public class Alias1 {

private int i;

public Alias1(int ii) { i = ii; }

public static void main(String[] args) {

Alias1 x = new Alias1(7);

Alias1 y = x; // Assign the reference (1)

System.out.println("x: " + x.i);

System.out.println("y: " + y.i);

System.out.println("Incrementing x");

x.i++; // [2]

System.out.println("x: " + x.i);

System.out.println("y: " + y.i);

}

}

/* Output:

x: 7

y: 7

Incrementing x

x: 8

y: 8

*/