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Learn Java 17 Programming

You're reading from   Learn Java 17 Programming Learn the fundamentals of Java Programming with this updated guide with the latest features

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803241432
Length 748 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Overview of Java Programming
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Java 17 FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Java Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) 4. Chapter 3: Java Fundamentals 5. Part 2: Building Blocks of Java
6. Chapter 4: Exception Handling 7. Chapter 5: Strings, Input/Output,and Files 8. Chapter 6: Data Structures, Generics, and Popular Utilities 9. Chapter 7: Java Standard and External Libraries 10. Chapter 8: Multithreading and Concurrent Processing 11. Chapter 9: JVM Structure and Garbage Collection 12. Chapter 10: Managing Data in a Database 13. Chapter 11: Network Programming 14. Chapter 12: Java GUI Programming 15. Part 3: Advanced Java
16. Chapter 13: Functional Programming 17. Chapter 14: Java Standard Streams 18. Chapter 15: Reactive Programming 19. Chapter 16: Java Microbenchmark Harness 20. Chapter 17: Best Practices for Writing High-Quality Code 21. Assessments 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Usage of the this and super keywords

The this keyword provides a reference to the current object. The super keyword refers to the parent class object. These keywords allow us to refer to a variable or method that has the same name in the current context and the parent object.

Usage of the this keyword

Here is the most popular example:

class A {
    private int count;
    public void setCount(int count) {
        count = count;         // 1
    }
    public int getCount(){
        return count;          // 2
    }
}

The first line looks ambiguous, but, in fact, it is not – the local variable, int count, hides the int count private property instance. We can demonstrate this...

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