Re: Instance java.lang.Object.getClass() of Class Java Method on OO Tumia

From:
Paka Small <paka-en@tumia.org>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:00:46 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID:
<a8d0ca47-4744-44d3-9f76-71ad2d53f484@y10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>
On 6 feb, 10:50, Lew <lewbl...@gmail.com> wrote:

Paka Small wrote:

You write "> Statement A, as you call it, was an objection to your
blatant misrepresentation

that methods are classes, and a fair one.". Nowhere and never I have s=

tated

that methods are classes. Please have the decency not to put words in =

my mouth!

You put these words in your own mouth: "My statement (a method is also a =

class

which has method instances) is proven by the Oracle Java link above and b=

acked

up with 20 years of professional software development experience."

I did not lack decency. I was merely stating a fact. That was your statem=

ent,

and it is not true.

You also said: "Please can you pinpoint where in this document is written=

 that

a Java method is not an instance of the class Method." Not true.

You also excoriated Daniel's post, saying, "you put out with such vigour =

your

statement ('Those aren't instances, they are called methods.') that is to=

tally

incorrect." Not true.

You put these statements forward. I copied and pasted them into this post=

.. I

did not make them up. You said them.

How strange that you now deny saying them. Still, they're a matter of pub=

lic

record so there's no denying responsibility.

--
Lew


Hi,

Example code proving beyond any doubt that a method is an instance of
the class java.lang.reflect.Method in Java:

  public final void setValue(BaseObject baseObject, Object value) {
    java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod = null;
    try {
      setMethod =
baseObjectClass.getJavaClass().getMethod(this.getSetMethodName(), new
Class[]{this.type});
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(BaseObjectAttribute.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
      } catch (SecurityException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(BaseObjectAttribute.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
      }
    try {
      setMethod.invoke(baseObject, new Object[]{value});
    } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(BaseObjectAttribute.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(BaseObjectAttribute.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
    } catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
 
Logger.getLogger(BaseObjectAttribute.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
    }
  }

Kind regards, Paka

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