Re: Method syntax question

["James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Tufankjian wrote:
> I am learning Java and came across the following in a Java bean:
> getlbDate().setText(String.valueOf(new java.util.Date()));
> What does it mean when you have a method, a dot, and another method?

Dear Mr. Tufankjian:

It means you're taking whatever is returned by the "getIbDate()" method
(without bothering to save it into any sort of variable), and calling
that object's "setText()" method, passing it the result of
"String.valueOf(new java.util.Date())"  

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