java+enhanced+loop,Java Enhanced For Loop - 编辑原始数组值

I'd like to know, in detail, how the Enhanced For Loop works in Java (assuming i do get how the basic usage of this loop is and how it works in general).

Given the following code:

String[] a = {"dog", "cat", "turtle"};

for (String s : a) {

out.println("String: " + s);

s = in.readLine("New String? ");

}

It doesn't actually modify the original list 'a'.

Why not? How memory Management works? Isn't 's' a reference to the same memory cell of 'a[i]'?

I read on the oracle documentation that enhanced for loops can't be used to remove elements from the original array, it makes sense. Is it the same for modifying values?

Thanks in advance

解决方案

Isn't 's' a reference to the same memory cell of 'a[i]'?

Originally, yes. But then in.readLine produces a reference to a new String object, which you then use to overwrite s. But only s is overwritten, not the underlying string, nor the reference in the array.