Accessing object variables by class name instead of this

Question

Usually when there is getter/setter in a POJO class, the general convention I have seen until now was to use return this.<instance variable> / this.<instance variable> = something

But, the current project I am working on uses a strange convention of return <class name>.<instance variable>

I understand that this works, but was wondering if this is the right approach at all?

@Sara That makes no sense. Instance variables are associated *with instances*, not the class themselves — Andrew Li, Feb 04 '19 at 04:50
*no. These are instance variables.* If you are so adamant, please show your code — Scary Wombat, Feb 04 '19 at 05:00

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '23 at 07:47

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You have to make that variable or method static then you can use through class name.

public static int a=5;
/*declaring static variable*/



  System.out.println(classname.a);
  /*calling static variable*/

edited May 23 '23 at 07:47

Adriaan

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answered Feb 04 '19 at 05:24

Rahul sharma

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Accessing object variables by class name instead of this

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