6. Methods: A Deeper Look
Form ever follows function.
—Louis Henri Sullivan
E pluribus unum. (One composed of many.)
—Virgil
O! call back yesterday, bid time return.
—William Shakespeare
Answer me in one word.
—William Shakespeare
There is a point at which methods devour themselves.
—Frantz Fanon
Objectives
In this chapter you’ll learn:
How static methods and fields are associated with classes rather than objects.
How the method-call/return mechanism is supported by the method-call stack.
About argument promotion and casting.
How packages group ...
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