Re: Method syntax question

It means you like compact code.  ;-)

They order of operation is this:

1) new date in constructored --> new java.util.Date()
     - because its in parenthesis
2) a new String is constructed with the temporary date  -->
String.valueOf(tempDate)
     - again, because of parenthesis
3) the getlbDate method is called (because its first).
     - there are no parameters to this method call.
     - this returns some object that has a setText method on it
4) The object from getlbDate has its setText method called (because its
second)
     - the temporary String (from #2) is passed into this call

Stringing methods together like this just allows the output from one to be
input to the next.

Regards,

Richard D. Dettinger
AS/400 Java Data Access Team

"Biologists have a special word for stability -- dead"

                Larry Wall
                Open Source Developers Journal
                Issue 1, Jan  2000


"Tom Tufankjian" <Tom_Tufankjian@hbltd.com>@midrange.com on 06/01/2001
07:58:47 AM

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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?  How
are the two methods related?


Thanks so much for your help!


Tom T.


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