Re: Instance java.lang.Object.getClass() of Class Java Method on OO Tumia
Paka Small wrote:
Example code proving beyond any doubt that a method is an instance of
the class java.lang.reflect.Method in Java:
No, it doesn't. Again, the Java Language Specification defines methods and
objects, and they are not the same thing. I have pointed you to it.
public final void setValue(BaseObject baseObject, Object value) {
java.lang.reflect.Method setMethod = null;
'setMethod' is a variable, not a method.
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});
'invoke()' is a method.
} 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);
}
}
How exactly do you imagine that this proves a method is a class instance?
All your code proves is that there exists a class instance that can describe
and invoke a particular method. There is nothing in your code that shows, let
alone proves "beyond any doubt", that a method is an instance of a class. It
couldn't, because a Java method is not an instance of a class.
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Lew