Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.glorb.com!usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Instance java.lang.Object.getClass() of Class Java Method on OO Tumia Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:42:14 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: <20912762.199.1328661734939.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbsu5> References: <9d6c9c81-3b61-4ee5-b1bb-b399e0f53dc1@s9g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> <572ba397-4369-4033-8fee-54b22fbd8677@k6g2000vbz.googlegroups.com> <32802338.1556.1328425716958.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prhu31> <0e8b5554-d19e-4a0b-9840-409d893b6ac7@1g2000yqv.googlegroups.com> <8457013.1958.1328471129375.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prmu37> <25138740-03d5-4668-a243-6994eb43dbd5@1g2000yqv.googlegroups.com> <7144029.385.1328521805784.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfs3> <9766239.3.1328577231113.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcov1> <4f311f7e$0$4179$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <14350609.148.1328640840957.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcqj1> <77ccbbfa-7861-40d6-8ac9-dddcda175d43@m2g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 173.164.137.214 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328661735 24522 127.0.0.1 (8 Feb 2012 00:42:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:42:15 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <77ccbbfa-7861-40d6-8ac9-dddcda175d43@m2g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=173.164.137.214; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:11837 Paka Small wrote: > Lew wrote: >> How exactly do you imagine that this proves a method is a class instance? > "java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod = null;" and "setMethod = > baseObjectClass.getJavaClass().getMethod(this.getSetMethodName(), new > Class[]{this.type});" from the example code proof a method is an > instance of the class java.lang.reflect.Method . No, sir, as many have told you, that it does not. That shows that the variable 'setMethod' is a reference to a class instance. It does not show that any method is an instance. You don't turn the variable 'setMethod' into a method just by putting 'Method' in its name. 'setMethod' is not a method. Please read and study the referenced documentation for the definition of a method. The definition of a method: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/classes.html#8.4 The definition of an object: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/typesValues.html#4.3 http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/typesValues.html#4.3.1 They are quite different. -- Lew