What does the '()', which I use red arows and green rectangle to mark in the picture, represent in the Java API doc?

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There are many words like '(Class1,Class2)' in JAVA API docs. What do these words represent?

The `()` go around the method parameters, same as most `()` in Java. — khelwood, Apr 03 '20 at 08:10
It's standard notation to refer to an _overload_ of a _method_. Do you know what "overload" and "method" means? — Sweeper, Apr 03 '20 at 08:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:11

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There are the parameters the method take. Here cancel takes a String and a Throwable as parameters

From a method like this, you take just method(String a, String b)

static void method(String a, String b) {

}

answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:11

azro

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:11

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cancel is a method, so its called as cancel() with parameters inside the parentheses.

cancel(String, Throwable) means that its a cancel method with a String as a first parameter and a Throwable as a second parameter.

answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:11

Buddy Christ

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:12

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It's just a method signature:

public abstract void cancel(@Nullable String message, @Nullable Throwable cause)

answered Apr 03 '20 at 08:12

Matt

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