15.12. Method Invocation Expressions

A method invocation expression is used to invoke a class or instance method.

MethodInvocation:    MethodName ( ArgumentListopt )    Primary . NonWildTypeArgumentsopt Identifier ( ArgumentListopt )    super . NonWildTypeArgumentsopt Identifier ( ArgumentListopt )    ClassName . super . NonWildTypeArgumentsopt Identifier ( ArgumentListopt )    TypeName . NonWildTypeArguments Identifier ( ArgumentListopt )

The definition of ArgumentList from §15.9 is repeated here for convenience:

ArgumentList:    Expression    ArgumentList , Expression

Resolving a method name at compile time is more complicated than resolving a field name because of the possibility of method overloading. Invoking a method at run time is also ...

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