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Computer Science |
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Research, Industry Work,
Programming |
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Community Service |
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Hillside Group, CHOOSE,
Stanford GSA |
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The Serious Side |
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Business School,
Learning Chinese |
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Humorous Takes |
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Switzerland, United States,
Software, Fun Photos |
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Travel Stories |
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Europe, United States, Asia
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Living Places |
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Berlin (+ Gallery), Zürich
Boston, S.F. + Bay Area |
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(Some of this material has been taken from a Java
Report paper.)
We distinguish between the following method properties.
If you want to add method properties to this list, let
me know!
Class implementation method
properties
Primitive method
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Definition: |
A primitive method is a method that carries out one specific
task, usually by directly referring to the fields of the object.
It does not rely on any (non-primitive) methods of the class
that defines the primitive method. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
- |
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Name example: |
void AbstractName::assertIsValidIndex(int), String StringName::basicComponent(int). |
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Prefixes: |
basic, do. |
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Comment: |
Design by Primitive is a key principle of good class design that
uses primitive methods. |
Composed method
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Definition: |
A composed method is a method that organizes a task into several
subtasks that it glues together as a linear succession of method
calls. Each subtask is represented by another method, primitive
or non-primitive. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
- |
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Name example: |
String AbstractName::component(int), void AbstractName::component(int,
String). |
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Prefixes: |
- |
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Comment: |
Name taken from [3]. |
Inheritance interface method
properties
Hook method
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Definition: |
A hook method is a method that declares a well-defined task and
makes it available for overriding through subclasses. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
- |
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Name example: |
void AbstractName::basicComponent(int, String). |
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Prefixes: |
- |
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Comment: |
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Template method
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Definition: |
A template method is a method that defines an algorithmic skeleton
for a task by breaking it into subtasks. Some of the subtasks
are deferred to subclasses by means of hook methods. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
- |
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Name example: |
Name Name::contextName(). |
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Prefixes: |
- |
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Comment: |
Name taken from [4] |
Class/instance level method
properties
Instance method
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Definition: |
An instance method is a method that applies to an instance of
a class. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
Every non-static query or mutation method of a class or interface. |
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Name example: |
Every non-static query or mutation method of a class or interface. |
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Prefixes: |
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Comment: |
In reflective systems, an instance method may also be a class
method (but need not). |
Class method
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Definition: |
A class method is a method that applies to a class. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
static String String::valueOf(...), static BigInteger BigInteger::valueOf(long). |
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Name example: |
static StringName StringName::newInstance(String name). |
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Prefixes: |
- |
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Comment: |
In reflective systems, a class method is always an instance method
of a class object. |
Other method properties
Convenience method
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Definition: |
A convenience method is a method that simplifies the use of another,
more complicated method by providing a simpler signature and
by using default arguments where the client supplies no arguments. |
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Also known as: |
- |
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JDK example: |
String BigInteger::toString() (wraps String BigInteger::toString(int
radix)). |
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Name example: |
String Name::asString(), String Name::asString(char). (But not:
asString(char, char).) |
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Prefixes: |
- |
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Comment: |
Name taken from [5]. |
Convenience constructor
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Definition: |
A convenience constructor is a constructor that simplifies the
use of another, more complicated constructor by providing a simpler
signature and by using default arguments where the client supplies
no arguments. |
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- |
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JDK example: |
BigInteger::BigInteger(String) (wraps BigInteger::BigInteger(String
value, int radix)). |
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Name example: |
StringName StringName::StringName(String name). |
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Prefixes: |
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Comment: |
- |
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