[brailleblaster] Re: Here's one for the Java experts.
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 13:20:56 -0500
Shell is a SWT class. Actually, my original message was incorret. I
should have said shell.dispose(); shell is an instgance of Shell. This
method call works elsewhere. Ne, I just checked, and I had an upper-case
S instead of a lower-case s. The code now builds sucessfully.
Thanks for the prod.
John
On Mon, Jun 06, 2011 at 01:07:04PM -0500, Richard Baldwin wrote:
> If Shell is the name of a class, the only methods that can be called using
> the syntax
>
> Shell.dispose();
>
> are static methods. If dispose() is not static, it can't be called this way.
>
> Just a guess. Beyond that, I would need to see some code.
>
> Dick Baldwin
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:56 PM, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> > In one of my methods the compiler complains about the statement
> > Shell.dispose(); It says I can't call a nonstatic method in a static
> > context. The method in which this statement occurs is not static. It was
> > moved from another class in which there was no problem.
> >
> > I can provide the code, of course, but I thought you might be able to
> > answer this one from your experience.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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http://www.abilitiessoft.com
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