create reflection in java class ?

[kenneth6]

I read a Java class example on tutorial book. What is the part marked with asterisks doing? What is "create reflection of element" in java? Any analogy in C++?

its structure is like the following:

public class Element {

............... ............... .
.......blabla.. .....blabla
............... ............... .
declare variables
default constructor
constructor
accessor methods
............... ............... .
.......blabla.. .....blabla
............... ............... .

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public Element createReflect() {
short [][] rMatrix = new short [height][width];
............... .......
int rVC = height -1;
int rVH = width -1;

return new Element (rMatrix, rVC, rHC);
}
*************** *************** *************** ************
}

[r035198x]

I read a Java class example on tutorial book. What is the part marked with asterisks doing? What is "create reflection of element" in java? Any analogy in C++?

its structure is like the following:

public class Element {

............... ............... .
.......blabla.. .....blabla
............... ............... .
declare variables
default constructor
constructor
accessor methods
............... ............... .
.......blabla.. .....blabla
............... ............... .

*************** *************** *************** ************
public Element createReflect() {
short [][] rMatrix = new short [height][width];
............... .......
int rVC = height -1;
int rVH = width -1;

return new Element (rMatrix, rVC, rHC);
}
*************** *************** *************** ************
}

What do you think it's doing here? The method is not part of the java API but is a programmer defined method and so you cannot really expect to get an analogy in c++.