java this keyword

Question

I have read that in Java you don\'t have to explicitly bind the this keyword to object, it is done by interpreter. It is opposite to Javascript where you

Answer 1

From the official documentation (found here):

Within an instance method or a constructor, this is a reference to the current object — the object whose method or constructor is being called. You can refer to any member of the current object from within an instance method or a constructor by using this.

What this means is that inside the code of any class, when you write this, you specify the fact that you are referring to the current object.

As a side note, you cannot use this with static fields or methods because they do not belong to any specific object (instance of the class).