Re: Can a class accept a message?

tenxian wrote:
I want a confirmation.

This kind of statement comes across as bit rude. Please use a less demanding tone.


In Java, classes can accept messages, for reasonable definitions of the word "message".

String.getClass().getName();

sends the message "getName" to the class object for String. One could also call static methods a message that a class will accept.

Normally however, it's an object that takes the message.

String s = "Hello World\n";
s = s.trim();

sends the message "trim" to the String object "s".


(In object oriented design that I'm familiar with, a "message" is normally implemented with a method. Other forms of dispatch might exist, although I can't think of any off the top of my head.)

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