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Re: Designation of a non-static method

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Stefan Ram wrote:
> I used to think that it was common usage to use »C.f()« for
>   a static method »f()« and »C#f()« for a non-static method
>   »f()« of a class »C«.

AFAIK it still is.

>   Yet, in
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Math.html
>   , there is a reference »Random.nextDouble()« given
>   (at the end of the expanded documentation of »random()«),
>   that refers to the non-static method
> http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Random.html#nextDouble()
> 
>   . So is this now the official Java style to designate
>   even a non-static method »f()« of a class C by »C.f()«?

No.

Was it ever the official style to do it the common way?

I have not seen the "#/." convention universally employed, although I have observed 
that it is common, particularly among more experienced and competent Java developers.

I have never seen it proffered as an official standard. Could you point to a reference 
that it is or ever was?

-- 
Lew

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Re: Designation of a non-static method Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-12-20 12:31 -0800

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