String problem again!!

Question

I have a string and I wanted to keep it's value evenwhen it passes from one method to another!!
Is this possible in any way!?
Ie acts like an object rather then like a primitive?

Answer 1

Not exactly ...
In the example below the value of a dosent change.
public class Test{
     public Test(){
          String a = "Hello, World [1]";
          String b = updateHelloWorld(a);
          // Value of 'a' did not change.
          System.out.println(a);
          System.out.println(b);
     public String updateHelloWorld(String a){
          a = "Hello, World [2]";
          return a;
     public static void main(String[] args){
          new Test();
     class StringContainer{
          String aString;
}While in the following example the value a changes because the string is raped in another object!
public class Test{
     public Test(){
          StringContainer a = new StringContainer("Hello, World [2]");
          StringContainer b = updateHelloWorld(a);
          // Value of 'a' does change!!!.
          System.out.println(a.aString);
          System.out.println(b.aString);
     public StringContainer updateHelloWorld(StringContainer a){
          a.aString = "Hello, World [2]";
          return a;
     public static void main(String[] args){
          new Test();
     class StringContainer{
          public String aString;
          public StringContainer(String aString){
               this.aString = aString;
}