StaticTest.java Questions

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Program listing

 
// STATIC VERSUS NON-STATIC TUTORIAL
// Copyright (C) 1998-2016 Davin Pearson
// Website: http://davin.50webs.com/java-tutorials

class FredFlintstone
{
   // properties of the class...
   public static String name            = "Fred Flintstone";
   public static String favouriteColour = "blue";
   public static int    favouriteNumber = 42;

   // methods of the class...
   public static void displayMe()
   {
      System.out.println("Hello, my name is " + name);
      System.out.println("my favourite colour is " + favouriteColour);
      System.out.println("and my favourite number is " + favouriteNumber);
   }
}

class StaticTest
{ 
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
   }
}

// QUESTIONS:
//
// (1) Write a BarneyRubble class and a WilmaFlintstone class
// with exactly the same properties and methods as the
// FredFlintstone class, except that the values of the
// properties in the new classes should be different.
// 
// (2) Add some code to the main method to call Fred
// Flintstone's displayMe method.
 
// HINT: Remember that to call a normal (non-static) method,
// you put the name of the object before the name of the
// method. To call a static method, you put put name of the
// class in front of the method.
// 
// (3) Add some code to the main method to print out Barney
// Rubble's favourite colour WITHOUT using Barney Rubble's
// displayMe method.
 
// HINT: To access a static property, put the name of the
// class in front of the property.
// 
// (4) Now do the questions from StaticTest2.java.