Qualified Names

If a qualified name is not followed by parenthesis:

• Classname.field refers to a static field of the class.
• object.field refers to a field of the object.

If they are followed by parenthesis:

• Classname.method(...) calls the static method of the class.
• object.method(...) call the method of the object.
• We choose dynamically (at call time) the best fitting method for the argument types, using reflection.
• If we cannot find an appropriate method an error occurs.