Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.

Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields ...

Loitering Objects and Java Framework Design By Leonard Slipp February 5, 2001 ONE OF THE key objectives early in the design of Java was to create an environment that eliminated the memory management ...

(See “Creating DSLs in Java, Part 2,” Listing 9). You can also use the static import feature in Java 5 to eliminate object or class references.