methods

What are best efficent ways to call WebService methods from JavaScript?

Hi, Actually I came up with this question, because of an example in one book I have tried and which did not work somehow. I am following "Professional JavaScriptâ„¢ for Web Developers Nicholas C. Zakas" from Wrox. In its WebService chapter it is using "webservice.htc" webservice behavior to call a web service. I have tried to run that and...

what has replaced UITableViewCell setText now that setText is deprecated?

iPhone OS 3.1.2, older program uses UITableViewCell.text, which is now deprecated. Does anyone know what the new Setter is supposed to be? Thanks! ...

What is meant by "implement a wrapper method"?

I have been given a programming assignment and one of the things I have to do is implement method which a wrapper method which relies on another method to sort the coordinates from lowest to highest. I am unsure on what exactly is meant by implementing a wrapper method. static void sortCoordsByZ(double[][] coords) { //implement the wra...

unable to return to main() from a method reading standard input stream

I am basically trying to return from a method which reads user input from the standard input stream. Since the user has the option to quit the application, I am trying to figure out the best way to do this exit. Ideally I will be able to return from begin() and let main() finish, thus quiting the applicaiton. public static void main(Str...

Calling Method from Different Python File

As I'm currently learning Django / Python, I've not really been using the concept of Classes, yet. As far as I'm aware the method isn't static.. it's just a standard definition. So let's say I have this Package called Example1 with a views.py that contains this method: def adder(x,y): return x + y Then I have an Example2 which also...

Behaviour of final static method

I have been playing around with modifiers with static method and came across a weird behaviour. As we know, static methods cannot be overridden, as they are associated with class rather than instance. So if I have the below snippet, it compiles fine //Snippet 1 - Compiles fine public class A{ static void ts(){} } class B extends...

getClass().getMethod("name", unkown)

For a really abstract application I am creating, I need to call methods without knowing their parameter types and only knowing the parameters in a String shape. Let say I have the method; getNames(String like, int amount); and I have a array of strings containing the 2 parameters, so lets say I have; String[] params = new String[] {...

Invoking an instance method without invoking constructor

Let's say I have the following class which I am not allowed to change: public class C { public C() { CreateSideEffects(); } public void M() { DoSomethingUseful(); } } and I have to call M without calling the constructor. Is it possible? ...

Visual Studio Intellisense not showing methods on generic overload

Given the following two interfaces (these are small examples, not my actual implementation): public interface IAssertion<T> { IAssertion<T> IsNotNull(); IAssertion<T> Evaluate(Predicate<T> predicate) } public interface IStringAssertion : IAssertion<string> { IStringAssertion IsNotNullOrEmpty(); } and a static factory t...

Python: Binding method

In following example I am trying to bind a method object via types.MethodType(...). It does not seem to work. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. import types class Base: def payload(self, *args): print "Base:payload" class Drvd(Base): def iter(self, func): derived_func = types.MethodType(func, self, Drvd) # b...

What is the purpose of a method that returns the receiver itself (Go)?

This function in pkg go/token makes me wonder why we need a method that returns the receiver itself. // Token source positions are represented by a Position value. // A Position is valid if the line number is > 0. // type Position struct { Filename string; // filename, if any Offset int; // byte offset, starting at 0 L...

expecting tASSOC in a Rails file

I'm sure I've done something stupid here, but I just can't see it. I call the breadcrumb method in the application view. app/helpers/breadcrumbs_helper.rb says: module BreadcrumbsHelper def breadcrumb @crumb_list = [] drominay_crumb_builder project_crumb_builder content_tag(:div, :id => "breadcrumbs", @crumb_list.ma...

C# /ASP.NET Asynchronous Thread Execution

I have some doubts on executing the following : public class Test { delegate int TestDelegate(string parameter); static void Main() { TestDelegate d = new TestDelegate(PrintOut); d.BeginInvoke("Hello", new AsyncCallback(Callback), d); // Give the callback time to execute - otherwise the app ...

How do I limit the accessing of a method across an app?

So I have a method and corresponding partial for including a set of random photos in the sidebar of certain areas of our site. Right now I have a random_photos method in ApplicationController set with a before_filter. That works in the sense that it makes the contents of the random_photos method available wherever I need it, but it als...

C++ passing const string references in methods?

Hello, I'm trying to initialize a private variable of my Class passing a const string &aString to it as parameter. Here's my method: void Image::initWithTextureFile(const std::string &inTextureName) { Texture2D *imTexture = TEXTURE_MANAGER->createTexture(inTextureName); if(imTexture) { texture = imTexture; sca...

Resharper 4.5 Extract method - Can't get Function!

I am using Resharper 4.5 in Visual Studio 2008. Whenever I try to extract a block of code into a method, it tries to create a subroutine and not a function. The return type option is disabled. Does anyone have any advice as to how I can get it to create a function and not a subroutine? thanks! ...

Press Escape key to call method.

Is there a way to start a method in C# if a key is pressed? For example, "Esc"? ...

Create a new method from selecting existing code block, Eclipse

I'm using Eclipse 3.something and would like to know if it is possible to create a new method from selecting a block of code? Obviously the method's signature would contain the necessary existing references and we can't return more than one variable from a method. I have various methods where code related to presentation is mixed with ...

C# - How do I hide an web method from a derived class

Hi, I have a .NET webservice, and derived versions of it. My question is, in the derived versions, I have a method I want to hide(from WSDL and front page). I have tried overriding, marking it as obsolete, setting it as private and overriding, but still, the webservice attribute is still "having its way". Is there any way to remove a ...

How to get the maximum of more than 2 numbers in Visual C#?

I have an array of five numbers and an array of 2 numbers. How would I find out the largest number among these 7 numbers? Is there a method that can make things easier? ...