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Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO.

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From Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
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Paul Cager wrote:
> On Feb 7, 5:58 am, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> wrote:
>> On 2/5/2012 8:56 AM, Paka Small wrote:
> ...
>>> Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class
>>> java.lang.reflect.Method?
>> Historically, JDK 1.0 had methods, but not java.lang.reflect. If methods
>> were instances of java.lang.reflect.Method they could not have existed
>> before the class existed.
> 
> Much as I agree with your conclusion, I'm not sure about your logic
> there. You could say that JDK  1.0 had java.util.Hashtable but not
> java.util.Map; therefore Hashtable cannot implement Map.

I think an object existing before its class is a lot more problematic
than a class existing before an interface it implements.

Patricia

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Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Paka Small <paka-en@tumia.org> - 2012-02-05 08:56 -0800
  Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-05 11:38 -0800
    Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Paka Small <paka-en@tumia.org> - 2012-02-05 14:53 -0800
      Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-06 01:55 -0800
        Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Paka Small <paka-en@tumia.org> - 2012-02-06 11:57 -0800
          Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-06 17:14 -0800
          Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-02-07 09:52 -0800
  Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2012-02-06 23:54 -0600
  Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-02-06 21:58 -0800
    Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-07 02:41 -0800
      Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-02-07 09:35 -0800
      Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-02-07 10:59 -0800
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  Re: Poll: Is a Java Method an Instance of the Java Class java.lang.reflect.Method? Please reply with YES or NO. Paul Cager <paul.cager@googlemail.com> - 2012-02-07 03:01 -0800
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