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I have a class with a static method: class User { constructor() { User.staticMethod(); } static staticMethod() {} } Is there something like this so for static methods (i.e. refer to the current class without an instance). this.staticMethod() so I don't have to write the class name 'User'. From MDN documentation Static method calls are made directly on the class and are not callable on instances of the class. Static methods are often used to create utility functions. For more please see=> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Classes/static You can do something like

In a class (ClassA) of mine I want to create a related instance of another class (ClassB) providing it with a reference to the object who has initiated it's creation. So I've provided ClassB with a construcror taking a (ref ClassB master) argument. But in ClassA I can't just call var slave = new ClassB(ref this). How to implement this? The ref keyword causes Pass by Reference semantics - that is, if the variable is re-assigned in the called function, it will re-assign the variable in the caller as well. Obviously, this only works if a variable 2 (which can be re-assigne to) is directly passed

My teacher says that when I try to access an instance variable within a method I should always use the this keyword, otherwise I would perform a double search. A local scope search and then an instance scope search. Example: public class Test(){ int cont=0; public void Method(){ System.out.println(cont);//Should I use This.cont instead? } } I hope he is wrong, but I can't find any argument. No, only use this when you have a name conflict such as when a method parameter has the same name as an instance field that it is setting. It can be used at other times, but many of us feel that it simply