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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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Subject: Re: ArrayAdapter
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In message <8vonp8FvbaU4@mid.individual.net>, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

> What does passing context to a class mean if every item and method in it
> is static?

You don’t have to pass any arguments to your own method calls that you don’t 
need.

If the system is calling you, that’s a different matter. But then you 
usually just pass the same arguments to super.whatever, do your own 
processing on what you want and ignore the rest.