Linked Questions

Can someone provide a simple explanation of methods vs. functions in OOP context?

I have heard that the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) is a fundamental principle of object oriented design. What is it and what are some examples of its use?

Could someone explain? I understand the basic concepts behind them but I often see them used interchangeably and I get confused. And now that we're here, how do they differ from a regular function?

The following code compiles in Swift 1.2: class myClass { static func myMethod1() { } class func myMethod2() { } static var myVar1 = "" } func doSomething() { myClass....

a can only be final here. Why? How can I reassign a in onClick() method without keeping it as private member? private void f(Button b, final int a){ b.addClickHandler(new ClickHandler() { ...

From Apple book "One of the most important differences between structures and classes is that structures are always copied when they are passed around in your code, but classes are passed by reference....

I noticed when writing an assert in Swift that the first value is typed as @autoclosure() -> Bool with an overloaded method to return a generic T value, to test existence via the LogicValue ...

I'm new to Swift and I was reading the manual when I came across escaping closures. I didn't get the manual's description at all. Could someone please explain to me what escaping closures are in Swift ...

In Objective C it was simple: it was sufficient to update the main.m file and change the UIApplicationMain() parameters return UIApplicationMain(argc, argv, NSStringFromClass([CustomUIApplication ...

func say(name:String, msg:String) { println("\(name) say \(msg)") } say("Henry","Hi,Swift") // error: missing argument label 'msg' in call I need to use say("...

For years and years, I've tried to understand the part of Java specification that deals with memory model and concurrency. I have to admit that I've failed miserably. Yes' I understand about locks and ...

There are similar questions here but they are attached to a particular programming language and I am looking for an answer on the conceptual level. As I understand, Functors are essentially immutable ...

From a few initial tutorials, I see that properties belong to a Class and are essentially 'global variables' as used in the C++ world (coded in this years ago). I also see variables as more of a '...

I am new in swift and I am following apples doc for studying it. apple doc func greet(name: String, day: String) -> String { return "Hello \(name), today is \(day)." } greet("Bob", day: "...

I'm new to Swift and I've read the Swift Function Documentation and as far as I understand a function has to be built this way: func funcName(param1:Type, param2:Type) -> Return { //Whatever ...