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Re: static data for methods...

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On 2013-10-09 16:18, Andreas Leitgeb allegedly wrote:
> I'm aware that in Java, methods cannot have static data within
> them.  The usual "workaround" is to place static data for a
> method in static fields of the class.  However, I need the
> static fields lexically separated for the methods.
> 
> My first thought was to write a static class named after the
> method, then start the method like this:
> 
>   static class static_fuBar { static int foo; static int bar; ... }
>   public static void fuBar(...) {
>      import static static_fuBar.*;
>      // now use foo and bar by their bare names ...
>   }
> 
> That of course doesn't work, either, because Java is very 
> restrictive about where "import static" can be used. (I added
> it merely to illustrate what I'd like to arrive at.) Is there
> some other trick?
> 
> 
> PS: besides fuBar, I'll also have a couple further methods with 
>   each's own set of effectively-static canonically-named fields, so 
>   making foo&bar just static fields of the main class is not an option.
>   also renaming each foo and bar to <methodname>_foo and <methodname>_bar
>   isn't satisfying.
> 
> PPS: If this path of thought is really a dead end, then I'll do
>   the backtracking, myself, so no need asking for the broader picture.
> 

Quick Q: is this you trying to be economical while doing a refactoring,
or you designing a FUBAR'd mess?

-- 
DF.

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static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-09 14:18 +0000
  Re: static data for methods... taqmcg@gmail.com - 2013-10-09 07:49 -0700
    Re: static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-09 15:42 +0000
  Re: static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-09 15:29 +0000
  Re: static data for methods... Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-10-10 14:44 +0200
    Re: static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-10 13:13 +0000
      Re: static data for methods... Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-10-10 15:44 +0200
        Re: static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-10 17:26 +0000
  Re: static data for methods... Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2013-10-11 22:03 -0700
    Re: static data for methods... Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2013-10-18 15:31 +0000

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