// references/Alias2.java

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

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

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// Method calls implicitly alias their arguments

public class Alias2 {

private int i;

public Alias2(int i) { this.i = i; }

public static void f(Alias2 reference) {

reference.i++;

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

Alias2 x = new Alias2(7);

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

System.out.println("Calling f(x)");

f(x);

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

}

}

/* Output:

x: 7

Calling f(x)

x: 8

*/