The main
method declares an array named data
. The array is initialized with the values 0...5 inside the main
method.
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The parameters of the squareList
and printList
methods are references to an array object. Any local reference to array list
inside the squareList
or printList
methods is an alias for the array data
inside of the main
method. Notice that after the call of squareList
, the values stored in array data
in the main
method have been permanently changed.
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When the rotateList
method is called, the copy method of the ArrayOps
class is invoked and the local array listCopy
is created as a copy of the array data
in the main
method.
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The rotateList
method rotates the values one cell to the right, with the last value moved to the front of the list. A call to printList
is made inside the rotateList
method just before leaving the method. After returning to the main
method, notice that the array data
is unchanged.