Java tutorial
import java.util.Arrays; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { int[] origNum = { 1, 2, 3 }; String[] origNames = { "Java", "SQL" }; System.out.println("Before method call, origNum:" + Arrays.toString(origNum)); System.out.println("Before method call, origNames:" + Arrays.toString(origNames)); // Call methods passing the arrays tryElementChange(origNum); tryElementChange(origNames); System.out.println("After method call, origNum:" + Arrays.toString(origNum)); System.out.println("After method call, origNames:" + Arrays.toString(origNames)); } public static void tryElementChange(int[] num) { if (num != null && num.length > 0) { num[0] = -1; } } public static void tryElementChange(String[] names) { if (names != null && names.length > 0) { names[0] = "T"; } } }