Does this copy the reference or the object?
- by Water Cooler v2
Sorry, I am being both thick and lazy, but mostly lazy. Actually, not even that. I am trying to save time so I can do more in less time as there's a lot to be done.
Does this copy the reference or the actual object data?
public class Foo
{
private NameValueCollection _nvc = null;
public Foo( NameValueCollection nvc)
{
_nvc = nvc;
}
}
public class Bar
{
public static void Main()
{
NameValueCollection toPass = new NameValueCollection();
new Foo( toPass ); // I believe this only copies the reference
// so if I ever wanted to compare toPass and
// Foo._nvc (assuming I got hold of the private
// field using reflection), I would only have to
// compare the references and wouldn't have to compare
// each string (deep copy compare), right?
}
I think I know the answer for sure: it only copies the reference. But I am not even sure why I am asking this.
I guess my only concern is, if, after instantiating Foo by calling its parameterized ctor with toPass, if I needed to make sure that the NVC I passed as toPass and the NVC private field _nvc had the exact same content, I would just need to compare their references, right?
