Invoke a Method: Clarify how the first argument works for static methods #117
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@Maia-Everett I'm on a weekend trip right now - I will review all of these later (and maybe a few intermittently) Side question because I'm generally curious: where did you initially see a link to the book? |
On Reddit, in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/java/comments/1n0h9yj/java_book_for_beginners_update/ |
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Gotcha - just always surprised when people actually click through and start doing things |
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This is so great indeed, to see it getting attention ❤️ |
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When calling a static method reflectively, the first argument does not actually need to be the class object. The first argument is ignored, and official documentation points out you can pass
null.