Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.21.MISMATCH!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!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: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 23:08:36 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 86 Message-ID: <32802338.1556.1328425716958.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prhu31> References: <9d6c9c81-3b61-4ee5-b1bb-b399e0f53dc1@s9g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> <572ba397-4369-4033-8fee-54b22fbd8677@k6g2000vbz.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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1328425717 22911 127.0.0.1 (5 Feb 2012 07:08:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 07:08:37 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <572ba397-4369-4033-8fee-54b22fbd8677@k6g2000vbz.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:11778 Paka Small wrote: > Hi Daniel, Please do not top-post. Post inline. > Clearly a method is also a class which has method instances: > http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html That is not correct. A method is not a class. The class 'Method' is a cla= ss,=20 but it is not a method. > . I suggest you get updated with OO programming and Java. Its [sic] calle= d I suggest you be less snarky, especially when you are wrong. > Java reflection. I find it strange that in a JAVA [sic] programming group I find it strange that you cop such a strong attitude when you're wrong, an= d=20 cannot even spell "Java" correctly. > you put out with such vigour your statement ("Those aren't instances, > they are called methods.") that is totally incorrect. My statement (a No, he was totally correct. > method is also a class which has method instances) is proven by the > Oracle Java link above and backed up with 20 years of professional No, it is not. A method is not a class. The 'Method' class is a class, bu= t it=20 is not a method. > software development experience. What are the references for your > statement? http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/j3TOC.html Your "20 years of professional software development experience" has, sadly,= =20 left you with much arrogance and zero knowledge. In Java, as you will see from reading the Java Language Specification linke= d=20 above, which is the normative reference for the language definition, method= s=20 and classes are not the same. > The above being said it is totally a good idea and in line with Java > itself (or any other OO programming language) to classify in the OO > Tumia framework a particular Java method like > java.lang.Object.getClass() as an instance of the Tumia class "Java > Method". Another Tumia Class could be for example "Dotnet Method". Do > you GRASP it? What is a "Tumia Class [sic]"? I don't see anything good about the idea yo= u=20 propose. > On 25 jan, 20:23, Daniel Pitts > wrote: > > On 1/25/12 6:58 AM, Paka Small wrote: > > > You are kindly invited to check out the Instance > > > java.lang.Object.getClass() of Class Java Method on the object > > > oriented directoryTumia: > > [redacted] > > > - Click some java.lang.Object.getClass() links or in the upper > > > toolbar: > > > - click the "-->"-button for the following java.lang.Object.getClass(= ) > > > links or > > > - use theTumiaInstance combobox to select another Instance or > > > - use theTumiaClass combobox to select another Class or > > > - use the Relat. Instan. combobox to select a Related Instance. > > What kind of spamming is this? =A0Those aren't instances, they are call= ed > > methods. This website seems to be fairly useless and somewhat dangerous= . +1, Daniel --=20 Lew