Hi There is an error in the question #332 in the Round Up. The system will not exit on System.exit(), infact the code won't compile because there is no System.exit() method with no parameters. Regards Jimi
Art Metzer
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Strictly speaking, Jimih, you are correct. However, in non-JVM settings, empty parentheses after an identifier merely specify that the identifier is a method (as opposed to a variable, class or label), and not necessarily that that method has no arguments. For example, at one of Sun's very own Web sites ( http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/system/securityIntro.html ), I found the following quote:
For example, the System.exit() method, which terminates the Java interpreter, uses the security manager's checkExit() method to approve the exit operation:
This slapdash application of rules may concern you, Jimih, but it's the way the industry writes, for better or worse. It's all about context. I suppose the Round-Up game could have phrased its question using System.exit( int status ), but why? Now if "System.exit()" is in a snippet of code without an argument, you've definitely got a valid beef. Good luck, Art [This message has been edited by Art Metzer (edited May 21, 2001).]
Jimi Svedenholm
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ah, ok... I guess I just assumed that line should have been looked upon as one line of code, taken from a java-file... Thanks for the reply. Regards Jimi [This message has been edited by jimih (edited May 21, 2001).]
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