Are there pointers in java? if not why do we get Nullpointer exception? [duplicate]

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If there aren't pointers exposed to implement in java does Nullpointer exception need to be changed to Nullreference exception?

Aniket Thakur · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-01 14:09:26Z

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There is no pointers concept in Java unlike C/C++. You will get NPE when you are trying to perform some operation on a reference that is not pointing to any concrete object(is null). So you have references and it has a type which points to an Object of that type or it's subclass.

answered Jun 1, 2014 at 14:09

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