Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eric Sosman Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Passing a Method Name to a Method Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:28:26 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <81h4075t4gfjglji1n033rb20025ebho68@4ax.com> <21p607l8ljpgp55jdtkn461ko29dcas8ks@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:29:29 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="BrOwaJANne849xlH+KPYjQ"; logging-data="24630"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+D3AGheyAs60c9/V1/mBh+" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 In-Reply-To: <21p607l8ljpgp55jdtkn461ko29dcas8ks@4ax.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:KfrXih6KfziJ38D5OoIx/1baVtc= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5637 On 6/23/2011 12:07 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:09:05 -0400, Eric Sosman > wrote: > > [snip] > >> Y'know, Gene, you've been asking a spate of pretty elementary >> questions. Maybe some time with a textbook or other documentation >> would be helpful, or possibly relocation to c.l.j.help, which is >> more beginner-oriented. > > Yes, I know. I have been reading the on-line documentation, but > it is often hard to find out how to do something. I usually already > know the concept, but if it is called something different in Java, it > can be hard to find the documentation. The standard Javadoc (if that's what you mean by "the on-line documentation") is a reference, not a tutorial. It describes each leaf in great detail, tells you a little about a few of the twigs, but never mentions the branches, omits the tree, and ignores the forest. Reading the Javadoc to learn Java is somewhat like reading a dictionary to learn Finnish. It seems to me that you're in need of a tutorial rather than a reference, something that maps the forest and doesn't get bogged down in the appearances of the individual stomata. There's one on Oracle's site at ; the quality is uneven but you may find it useful. I'd especially recommend the first four of the "Trails Covering the Basics." > What is the difference between the two newsgroups other than that > c.l.j.help seems fairly moribund? In theory, c.l.j.help is supposed to help beginners learn their way around Java, while c.l.j.programmer is supposed to be for more experienced practitioners. That's the theory, and as you must know, in theory there's no difference between theory and practice but in practice there's no similarity. -- Eric Sosman esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid