INDEX

methods

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methods

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classes (

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as members

modifiers, 157

of a class, 86

native

of an interface, 87

declaration, 161

method table creation during preparation

semicolon as body of, 164

phase of linking, 221

newInstance

, constructor invocation by,

names

177

context in which a name is classified as,

private

, as implicitly

final

, 160

91

signature, 157

naming conventions, 108

synchronized

, declaration, 161

qualified, meaning of, 98

void

, expression return statement not

simple, meaning of, 98

permitted in, 164

native

, 161

with same signature, inheriting, 166

binary compatibility considerations, 256

declarations, 155, 189

newInstance

, creating an instance with,

binary compatibility considerations, 253

228

grammar specification difficulties, 437

non 

static

LALR(1) grammar productions, 444

instance method as name for, 160

as declared entity, 78

overriding by, 165

deleting, binary compatibility

NoSuchMethodError

 class, 611

considerations, 247

NoSuchMethodException

 class, 611

dispatching during instance creation, 230

notify

, as member of

Object

 class, 41

equals

, 41

notifyAll

, as member of

Object

 class, 41

as member of

Object

 class, 41

overloading, 167

final

, 160

binary compatibility considerations, 257

binary compatibility considerations, 255

examples, 168

finalize

, as member of

Object

 class, 41

overriding, 165

getClass

, 41

binary compatibility considerations, 258

as member of

Object

 class, 41

examples, 168, 169, 170, 172, 190

hashCode

, 41

parameters

as member of

Object

 class, 41

See also

 arguments; variables

hiding of, 165

binary compatibility considerations, 254

inheritance

description, 45

in arrays, 197

initial value, 46

in classes, 165

specification of, 156

in interfaces, 186

private

, in example of qualified names and

instance,

see

 method(s), non 

static

; 209

access control, 105

of interfaces

public

, interfaces, declarations, 189

declarations, 189, 190

references to, binary file format

overloading, 190, 191

requirements, 239

overriding, 189, 190

result type, binary compatibility

semicolon as body of, 164

considerations, 254

invalid arguments to, standard exceptions,

scope of, 81

IllegalArgumentException

, 209

signatures, 157

invocation

binary file format requirements, 239

See also

 access control

static

, binary compatibility

conversion, 66

considerations, 256

expression evaluation, 323

stop

, as asynchronous exception cause, 206

order, 333

synchronized

, 161

expressions as statements, 272

binary compatibility considerations, 256

how chosen, 303

throws

 clause, binary compatibility

considerations, 256

toString

, as member of

Object

 class, 41

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