Why Does Java Not Support Pointers?

Well it's highly debatable to tell whether java does or does not support pointers. Quite a few believe that every reference type in java is a pointer, that's why the well known Null Pointer Exception. On the other hand the 1.5 version of Java supports pointer arithmetic.

Java basically is an object-oriented programming language which was created by Sun Microsystems during the 1990s. Java applications are normally assembled to bytecode, but compilation to local machine code is also possible. During runtime, bytecode is normally either construed or compiled to local code for functioning, but direct hardware implementation of bytecode via a Java processor is also possible.

Java got most of its syntax from other well known programming languages like C and C++, but comprises of a less complicated object model and diminutive low-level facilities.

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Java is the language of internet.In other words u can say that it is a language of networks.
As we know that using pointers we can access any important data by pointing through pointers.And in networks & in java security is a preference.So Java does not use pointers.

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