Difference between Python self and Java this

Question

I had done a bit of Python long back. I am however moving over to Java now. I wanted to know if there were any differences between the Python \"self\" method and Java \"this

Answer 1

Be careful super can keep its own version of this.i in Java, but self.i always refer to the child in Python.

Main.java:

class Parent {

    int i;
    Parent() {
        this.i = 5;
    }

    void doStuff() {
        System.out.println(this.i);
    }
}

class Child extends Parent {
    int i;
    Child() {
        this.i = 7;
    }
}

class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Child m = new Child();
        System.out.println(m.i); //print 7
        m.doStuff(); //print 5
    }
}

Main.py:

class Parent(object):
    i = 5;
    def __init__(self):
        self.i = 5

    def doStuff(self):
        print(self.i)

class Child(Parent, object):

    def __init__(self):
        super(Child, self).__init__()
        self.i = 7

class Main():

    def main(self):
        m = Child()
        print(m.i) #print 7
        m.doStuff() #print 7

m = Main()
m.main()

Output:

$ java Main 
7
5
$ python Main.py 
7
7

[Update]

The reason is because Java's int i declaration in Child class makes the i become class scope variable, while no such variable shadowing in Python subclassing. If you remove int i in Child class of Java, it will print 7 and 7 too.