ali is not the name of the instance,ali is just the name of reference to the instance. I believe you should put a "name" instance variable and write getName() or override toString()
On Aug 24, 9:43 pm, Abbas Zaini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > is there a method which returns the name of the instance of an object ? i > mean if we have the following: > > Student ali=new Student(); > printStudentname(ali); > > public static void printStudentname(Student x){ > System.out.println(/* x.______ or ______(x) so the out put is "ali" which is > the name of the object instance*/);} > > or i would have to add a name field to the class Student and write a > getName() method to accomplish this. > i tried x.getClass().getName() but it returns the name of the class of this > object instance "x" which is Student. > if anyone knows such a method it will be very useful to tell me about. > > thank you. > -- > Abbas Zaini --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaprogrammingwithpassion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
