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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2058161/do-you-need-the-ref-or-out-parameter

Keyword usage: ref and out
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 9:33:25am MST 

  1. using System;
  2.  
  3. namespace ConsoleApplication1
  4. {
  5.     class Program
  6.     {
  7.         static void Main(string[] args)
  8.         {
  9.             new Program().Run();
  10.  
  11.             Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit . . .");
  12.             Console.ReadKey(true);
  13.         }
  14.  
  15.         public void Run()
  16.         {
  17.             Blah b = Dao.GetBlah(23);
  18.  
  19.             SomeService.ModifyXml(b);    // do I need to use out or ref here?
  20.             Dao.SaveXml(b.Xml);
  21.  
  22.             SomeService.SubstituteNew(out b);
  23.             Dao.SaveXml(b.Xml);
  24.            
  25.             SomeService.ReadThenReplace(ref b);
  26.             Dao.SaveXml(b.Xml);
  27.         }
  28.  
  29.         private class Blah
  30.         {
  31.             public int Id { get; set; }
  32.             public string Xml
  33.             {
  34.                 get
  35.                 {
  36.                     return "<Id>" + this.Id + "<Id>";
  37.                 }
  38.             }
  39.         }
  40.  
  41.         private static class Dao
  42.         {
  43.             public static Blah GetBlah(int id)
  44.             {
  45.                 return new Blah() { Id = id };
  46.             }
  47.  
  48.             public static void SaveXml(string blahXml)
  49.             {
  50.                 Console.WriteLine(blahXml);
  51.             }
  52.         }
  53.  
  54.         private static class SomeService
  55.         {
  56.             public static void ModifyXml(Blah b)
  57.             {
  58.                 b.Id = 17;
  59.             }
  60.  
  61.             public static void SubstituteNew(out Blah b)
  62.             {
  63.                 // The 'out' keyword means the parameter itself cannot
  64.                 // be read from until you have assigned a new value.
  65.  
  66.                 // Compile error on this line, uninitialized variable.
  67.                 //Console.WriteLine(b.Id);
  68.  
  69.                 // You cannot exit the method until you have assigned a new value.
  70.                 b = new Blah() { Id = 99 };
  71.             }
  72.  
  73.             public static void ReadThenReplace(ref Blah b)
  74.             {
  75.                 // The 'ref' keyword means you can replace
  76.                 //  the incoming reference with a new one.
  77.  
  78.                 // You can access the incoming reference immediately.
  79.                 Console.WriteLine(b.Id);
  80.  
  81.                 if (DateTime.Now.IsDaylightSavingTime())
  82.                 {
  83.                     // You are not required to replace the reference.
  84.                     b = new Blah() { Id = -18 };
  85.                 }
  86.             }
  87.         }
  88.     }
  89. }

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