what does it mean to "return this;" ?

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Buggy initializeIdAndName

Java Core, Level 3, Lesson 2

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public User initializeIdAndName(long id, String name){ this.id = id; this.name = name; return this; }

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Nouser

Level 36 , Germany

28 August 2020, 07:08

the current object here the current object is eg. a new User. No fields have been initialized. That here's done not with a constructor but with a method that returns that object. DBObject NEO = new User().initializeIdAndName(1, "Neo"); or DBObject NEO = new User(); NEO.initializeIdAndName(1, "Neo");