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Re: Question regarding methods and classes

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Linus Flustillbe wrote:
> So that works really well.
> 
> package helperClasses;

By widespread but not quite universal convention, package names should be all lower case.

> public class rType {

By universal convention, class names should begin with an upper-case letter.
<http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html>

>    public static boolean isBetween(int a, int b, int c)
>    {
> 	return (a <= c && a >=b);

PLEASE DO NOT INDENT USENET CODE POSTS WITH TABS!

>    }
>    public static boolean isBetween(double target, double lower, double upper)

Why did you switch to intelligent variable names here, but not in the other method?

>    {
> 	return (target <= upper && target >= lower);	

PLEASE DO NOT INDENT USENET CODE POSTS WITH TABS!
	
>    }
> 
> }
> 
> import static helperClasses.rType.*;
> class rTypeTest {

By universal convention, class names should start with an upper-case letter.

>   public static void main(String[] args) {
>      boolean hello = isBetween(4,6,87);
>      System.out.println(hello);
>      boolean hello2 = isBetween(5.4, 2.3, 9.2);
>      System.out.println(hello2);
>    }
> }
> 
>  
> false
> true
> 
> I understand the concept of overloading methods... I haven't done much
> Java in few years so I'm taking a refresher by going through the Java
> Tutorial.  What does adding the "static" modifier to the import
> statement do?  Since the methods in the rType class are already defined

Read the manual.
GIYF.
<http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Java+import+static>

> as being static (only one instance no matter how many times the class is
> instantiated ... see I read up on that)  why do we need the modifier 
> except to make the code compile?  Or is that the only reason.. because
> Java needs it? 

The "import static" directive lets you import static (get it?) members from another class.  This obviates having to prefix those members with the class and the dot operator.

-- 
Lew

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