Chapter 3

In experimenting with the Dog program example, I learned that Java reads all the class definitions (variables, constructors, methods, etc.) before executing public static void main (String[] args). This means you can have the main program inside a class, and that the program will start with one copy of that particular class. This makes me wonder if you could refer to itself in an array.

class Dog {
   public String name = "Ben";
   public static void main (String[] args) {
      Dog[] myDogs = new Dog[2];
      myDogs[0] = new Dog("Bob");
      myDogs[1] = this;
      int x = 0;
      while (x < myDogs.length) {
         System.out.println(myDogs[x].name); // Would this print "Bob" and then "Ben"?
      }
   }
   public Dog(String newnname) {
      this.name = newname;
   }
}