Using this and static

[colin shuker]

Hi, small dilemma here...

If I have the class below

public class ABC
{
    public static String n;
 
    public static setN(String n)
    {
        this.n=n;
    }
}

Obviously that won't work since you can't use 'this' with static,
so if the parameter being passed in is the same as the class variable,
how can we distinguish them?

You could pass in a different variable (say m), but this seems like
running away from the problem.
Is the standard way to just do ABC.n=n; ???

Thanks

[Kaydell Leavitt]

You can use the usual method of assigning a class (static) variable, by qualifying the class variable with the class name:

   
 
public class ABC
{
    public static String n;
 
    public static void setN(String n)
    {
    ABC.n = n;
    }
    
    public static void main(final String[] args) {
    setN("XYZ");
    System.out.println(n);
    }
}
 

Kaydell
[ May 25, 2007: Message edited by: Kaydell Leavitt ]