THE DOT OPERATOR

BY : HANAR AHMED
AHMED DANA
The Dot Operator

Every object reference

variable must refer to some
object, unless it is null, in
which case it points to
nothing. Using the remote
control analogy, a null 1
reference is a remote control
holder that is empty.
Initially, unless we assign an
object variable to point to
something, it is null.
One of the primary uses of an object reference variable is to
access the members of the class for this object, an instance of
its class. That is, an object reference variable is useful for
accessing the methods and instance variables associated with
an object. This access is performed with the dot (".") operator.
We call a method associated with an object by using the
reference variable name, following that by the dot operator
and then the method name and its parameters.
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 SIGNTURE
This calls the method with the specified name for the
object referred to by this object reference. It can optionally
be passed multiple parameters. If there are several methods
with this same name defined for this object, then the Java
runtime system uses the one that matches the number of
parameters and most closely matches their respective 4

types. A method's name combined with the number and

types of its parameters is called a method's signature, for it
takes all of these parts to determine the actual method to
perform for a certain method call.
Consider the following examples:

oven.cookDinner();
oven.cookDinner(food);
oven.cookDinner(food, seasoning);

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 INSTANCE VARIABLE

instance variables, which are also called fields.

These variables represent the data associated with
the objects of a class. Instance variables must have a
type, which can either be a base type (such as int,
float, double) or a reference type (as in our remote
control analogy), that is, a class, such as String an
interface.
Continuing our analogy of visualizing object
references as remote controls, instance variables are 6
like device parameters that can be read or set from
the remote control (such as the volume and channel
controls
If you on
want a television
to modify remote
these graphs, control).
click on them, follow the link,
change the data and replace them
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gas giant, composed of
hydrogen and helium

MERCURY NEPTUNE MARS

Mercury is the closest planet
to the Sun and also the
smallest one in our Solar
System. It’s only a bit larger
than our Moon
Neptune is the farthest planet
from the Sun and the fourth-
largest in our Solar System
Despite being red, Mars is a
cold place, not hot. The planet
is full of iron oxide, which
gives the planet its reddish
cast
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Venus has a beautiful
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Venus has a beautiful name and is

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