Section 8.4 Referring to the Current Object’s Members with the this Reference
• An instance method of an object implicitly uses keyword this (p. 322) to refer to the object’s instance variables and other methods. Keyword this can also be used explicitly.
• The compiler produces a separate file with the .class extension for every compiled class.
• If a local variable has the same name as a class’s field, the local variable shadows the field. You can use the this reference in a method to refer to the shadowed field explicitly.
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