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QUIZ 5
September 2, 1998
#1. The purpose of a __________ is to guarantee that the object starts its life with a sensible set of values in its instance variables.
a) class
b) local variable
c) compiler
d) constructor
e) method
#2. Given the code segment:
class ...
public void ml ( ) {
String s;
...
}
...
private String s;
}
(a) If the method ml references the instance variable s, how will the reference be written?
(b) If the method ml references the local variable s, how will the reference be written?
#3. Given the outline of the Laughter3 class:
class Laughter3 {
public Laughter3 ( String s ) {
...
}
public void laugh ( ) {
...
}
public void laugh ( String syllable ) {
...
}
private String defaultSyllable;
}
complete the code for the constructor:
public Laughter3 ( String s ) {