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bugshaw at 06:24pm on 05/11/2005
bugshaw at 06:24pm on 05/11/2005Typing up my student's lecture notes this evening (Java objects and classes), I found the following come out onto the page:
mum is an object of the Parent class; son is an object of the Child class.
The mum object sends a message “Pull up your socks” to the son object, who performs the pullUpSox() method. son’s socks are private to him – mum cannot access his socks directly.
Well, it made me laugh.
mum is an object of the Parent class; son is an object of the Child class.
The mum object sends a message “Pull up your socks” to the son object, who performs the pullUpSox() method. son’s socks are private to him – mum cannot access his socks directly.
Well, it made me laugh.
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I automatically assumed that the Child class was a child class of the Parent class whereas you didnt actually say that it was.
Oh, ok, it made me laugh too.
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I've just realised what my first LJ entry should have been -
"Hello, world"
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That's when I laughed. Anyone who's been around younger kids knows that socks are quite public.
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The tutor went on to discuss the potential problem whereby if there were multiple parents and children, anyparent could tell any child to pull their socks up - and how we must implement the code carefully to ensure that parents cannot talk to other people's children like that!