On Mar 20, 2017 3:59 PM, "Colin Fleming" <colin.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote:
Object doesn't have a getName() method. sorry, of course you're right. it's java.lang.Class that has getName. as you point out it's the doc that is suboptimal. This doc is confusing - as Phill comments above, this is calling the getName() method on an instance of Class. In Clojure, a bare classname (String, ArrayList or whatever) resolves to the class itself if it has been imported (i.e. what would be String.class in Java). The doc is confusing because (.instanceMember Classname args*) is really just a special case of (.instanceMember instance args*), where "instance" refers to an instance of a Class object. I'm not sure why that doc makes that distinction, it doesn't seem useful to me. On 21 March 2017 at 09:49, Gregg Reynolds <d...@mobileink.com> wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2017 3:11 PM, "John Gabriele" <jmg3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 4:14:46 AM UTC-4, Matching Socks wrote: >> >> Methods having the same name might be distinguished by their argument >> lists. >> > > Thanks, but it sounds like you're describing method overloading, as in > > (.someMethod someObj arg1) ; vs > (.someMethod someObj arg1 arg2) ; different arity gets different method > > whereas I think I'm asking about what the `(.someMethod SomeClass ...)` > syntax is supposed to mean (where it looks like one is trying to call an > instance method on a Class (?). > > > String inherits from Object, which has a getName method. > > Am I misunderstanding your reply? > > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
