The use of “this” in Java

Question

If I write the following class:

public class Example {

      int j;
      int k;

      public Example(int j, int k) {
           j = j;
           k = k;
          


        

Answer 1

You assign the parameter to itself in your example.

More generally speaking: If you don't prepend a scope to your variable, the current scope is assumed - which is the function in your case. 'this.j' tells the jre to use the variable j within the object scope - the member variable of the object.