Re: what is the mean of "signature dependencies"
On Feb 3, 12:35 am, lifen...@gmail.com wrote:
I can't understand the mean of "signature dependencies" in java. The
whole sentence is as following:
"Where a class included in this specification has methods, fields or
constructors with signature dependencies on classesnot included in the
implemented profile, these methods are not required to be present in
an implementation. A compliantimplementation choice may require these
methods and classes to be present." anyone can help me?
The "signature" of a method is the return type of the method, the name
of the method, and the number, types, and order of its arguments.
Informally, it usually includes the exception list as well. Thus:
java.lang.String someMethod (java.lang.Integer index,
java.sql.ResultSet rs) throws java.sql.SQLException
declares a method whose signature mentions four other classes (String,
Integer, ResultSet, and SQLException). Because of the way Java's
bytecode verification and loading works, this means that both clients
of and providers of the method must have access to all of those
classes.
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