Reference Types

• These are the types associated with composite entities like objects and arrays.

• They are called reference types because a variable or expression in a Java program with reference type represents a reference (or pointer) to a composite entity.

  • Any variable of reference type may take the value null.

• Reference types can be divided into:

  • Class types
  • Interface types (discussed later)
  • Array types

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