[Bluej-discuss] Compiler barfs when imported class not specifically named in method call

[Gordon Royle]

On 25/10/2007, at 3:37 PM, Hedley Finger wrote:

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>
>          assertEquals(double[], double[], double);
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> causes a compiler error but not with
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>          AssertArray.assertEquals(double[], double[], double);
>

I don't know the classes you are talking about, but it would appear  
that "assertEquals(double[], double[], double)" is a static method  
(aka class method) and therefore must be called with the name of the  
class as its "target".

If you just use "assertEquals(...)" then the method would need to be  
a non-static method (aka instance method).


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