Swapping

[bigzos]

public class Student{
private String name;
public Student(String name)
{this.name=name;
}
public void setName(String sett){
name=sett;}
public String getName()
{return(name);}
}
public class Swaptest{
public static void swap(Student p,Student q){
Student temp;
temp=p;
p=q;
q=temp;
}
public static void main(String a[])
{Student s1=new Student("John");
Student s2=new Student("Mary");
swap(s1,s2);
System.out.println("s1="+s1.getName());
System.out.println("s2="+s2.getName());
}
}

Output:s1=John
s2=Mary

Why is the code not swapping names??

[deceptikon]

Why is the code not swapping names??

Because you're not swapping names. You're not even swapping Students. You're swapping local references (copies of references that are passed to swap()), which ultimately doesn't change the original references.