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!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: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:55:00 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <5572576.2320.1328522100332.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prie27> References: <7747b7da-e579-4514-bdff-a9eb8842cc51@l16g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> <23822119.1928.1328470685151.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prak33> <15201988-a174-4359-9f40-3fb04b6178bd@18g2000yqe.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 1328522100 2714 127.0.0.1 (6 Feb 2012 09:55:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:55:00 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <15201988-a174-4359-9f40-3fb04b6178bd@18g2000yqe.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:11790 Paka Small wrote: > Nowhere and never I have stated that methods are classes. Again please have > the decency not to put words in my mouth! Or show me where I have claimed > that methods and classes are the same. I answered that in the other thread, quoting you precisely saying exactly that. > What I have put forward here in this poll and in an earlier discussion > is that a Java Method is an Instance of the Java Class > java.lang.reflect.Method. I'm glad you finally admit to this truth. A Java method is not an instance of the Java class java.lang.reflect.Method. A method is not an instance of anything in Java. You saying that I "finally admit to this truth" doesn't change what I am saying, nor the truth. You are mistaken. I have pointed you to the correct documentation. Quite frankly I am mystified by your obstinance. The truth is the truth. Why is it unpleasant to learn the truth? You seem to have so much invested in promulgating this canard that a method is an instance of a class, or that it is a class, or that a method is an instance of 'Method'. None of those statements are true. -- Lew