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Java Java Objects (Retired) Creating the MVP Remaining Tries

Eric Park
Eric Park
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Posted by Eric Park
Eric Park
4,557 Points

Calling a method

Hi, I was wondering why we have to type in Prompter.play() instead of mGame.play(). I am confused because play is not a static method, and yet we call it using the Prompter class.

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Eric,

you are very welcome !

1 Answer

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Eric,

we call promter.play(); (prompter is lowercased).

Inside our Hangman class we create an instance of the Prompter class and call it "prompter". In other words "prompter" is the object of the Promter class. We need this instantiation for accessing the methods of the Prompter class like play() through the dot Operator (.).

Like this:

prompter.play();

Would be play() a static method, you could use it without creating a instance/object of the Prompter class.

I hope I could clear things a little bit up....

Grigorij

Eric Park
Eric Park
4,557 Points
Eric Park
Eric Park
4,557 Points

Thank you! This really helped! :)