TIFU by not using objects in my object-oriented programming coursework (lemmy.ca)

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[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 17 points 22 hours ago

But answer07 is an object... Not sure what your teacher/ta disliked 😆

[-] Matty_r@programming.dev 19 points 22 hours ago

I presume WeatherData.getData() should be going into some Data class that has multiple properties (using the , as a delimiter) instead of what OP is doing and just using the String

[-] fl42v@lemmy.ml 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I mean, unless it's explicitly specified, one can still argue. For fun, that is. I did it a few times with stuff like using maps when the task said I couldn't use loops. Didn't really get into trouble since there was a proper solution ready as well.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago

This is one condition in which I might like the "If it runs, you get marks" examiners

[-] schema@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

To be needlessly pedantic on this joke, answer07 in itself is not an object, but a class, a blueprint for objects. An instance of that class would be an object. Calling the static function main does also not create an instance of the class in the class loader.

[-] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

To expand on that you can never instantiate an object of type answer07 since it's a static class.

(For the students here the "static" modifier means "it's on the class, not the object". Non-static will only be accessible as a "obj.whatever" but static is accessible by "Class.whatever")