// references/Alias1.java
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// Aliasing two references to one object

public class Alias1 {
 private int i;
 public Alias1(int ii) { i = ii; }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 Alias1 x = new Alias1(7);
 Alias1 y = x; // Assign the reference (1)
 System.out.println("x: " + x.i);
 System.out.println("y: " + y.i);
 System.out.println("Incrementing x");
 x.i++; // [2]
 System.out.println("x: " + x.i);
 System.out.println("y: " + y.i);
 }
}
/* Output:
x: 7
y: 7
Incrementing x
x: 8
y: 8
*/