Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 35616 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2011 17:54:51 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Jan 2011 17:54:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 6284 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jan 2011 17:54:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-commons-dev-archive@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 6163 invoked by uid 500); 3 Jan 2011 17:54:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@commons.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Commons Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@commons.apache.org Received: (qmail 6155 invoked by uid 99); 3 Jan 2011 17:54:51 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:54:51 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of paulus.benedictus@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.171 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.216.171] (HELO mail-qy0-f171.google.com) (209.85.216.171) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:54:43 +0000 Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so14145604qyk.9 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:54:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=0euBdRW/QMV1F87KXaHKKL4ipth2uDanwgj/iEQT1N0=; b=eJ4bbimDOBHIIKbpY58f05KQmb/0I04MxBcVAQAmqMRChO0p3YRf5D6wJgfYMQhv+K CUh9LQcrNq2pvvoq7mQj1s0HCXIrYshc3nrYS5DX0Eoa1jfid9vvoRYVSqopiNsRgmVT OKQDqe+Wwp4lv77IrVLMdJqaJBJ0gO0oAfvow= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=xeRU+sVLeDVhEoQ7QgeDqV1lRoplrHPiq7ySgVU6qzoddz5+hPvRBYCfkzRZtz5B8T RNdWIZp1D2di0/xe4WJYYQesC2BoiUEYATzNYpv5YF+/oL26Lv0s01pxgDdK4ILkCGbF vGFlJvsGRMZx1tPCdyl+8WQt5LrFtdLILLLY0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.74.14 with SMTP id s14mr19439779qaj.370.1294077262894; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:54:22 -0800 (PST) Sender: paulus.benedictus@gmail.com Received: by 10.220.180.202 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 09:54:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 11:54:22 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: WXCoFL0N-jKHJZL5AQkMJOR5AzQ Message-ID: Subject: Re: Pointers From: Paul Benedict To: Commons Developers List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175d672e9118b10498f4d7ba X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --0015175d672e9118b10498f4d7ba Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I believe you're looking for JDK 7 method handles: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/DynTypeLang/ Paul On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Michael Giannakopoulos < miccagiann@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello to all Apache Commons Developers! > I wish a happy new year and i hope that all your expectations will come > true! I would like to propose a new feature in apache commons... Wouldn't > it > be great if commons api provided a pointer operator (like ref in C#) so as > to pass arguments in functions by references (only for primitive types...) > and these arguments to change values... I would like to hear your thoughts > on this! Thanks for your time! > --0015175d672e9118b10498f4d7ba--