Java – when to use ‘this’ keyword [duplicate]

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but Java is clever enough to know what is happening if I change the statement in the constructor to

  bar = bar;

FALSE! It compiles but it doesn’t do what you think it does!

As to when to use it, a lot of it is personal preference. I like to use this in my public methods, even when it’s unnecessary, because that’s where the interfacing happens and it’s nice to assert what’s mine and what’s not.

As reference, you can check the Oracle’s Java Tutorials out about this.subject 😉

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/thiskey.html

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