Object obj = new Object(); // Note the 'new' keyword
Where:
Object
is a reference type.obj
is the variable in which to store the new reference.Object()
is the call to a constructor of Object
.What happens:
Object()
is called to initialize that memory space.obj
, so that it references the newly created object.This is different from primitives:
int i = 10;
Where the actual value 10
is stored in i
.