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Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:42:22 -0700 (PDT), Fred
<albert.xtheunknown0@gmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

> private static void getNewFoo() {
>        Foo foo = new Foo();
>        return foo

The word "get" in a method name has special meaning. It is confusing
when you use it here for a static method.

The method returns a Foo, not a void.

This is what is called a Factory. There is not much point to it unless
it sometimes does something other than new Foo().
You could invoke new Foo() as tersely as getNewFoo();

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Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Fred <albert.xtheunknown0@gmail.com> - 2011-09-22 17:42 -0700
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-09-22 18:01 -0700
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-22 22:47 -0400
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-22 20:29 -0700
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-22 20:33 -0700
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-09-22 20:34 -0700
  Re: Trouble with updating reference variables through method calls Travers Naran <tnaran@gmail.com> - 2011-09-22 21:27 -0700

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