Variable scope and lifetime: Correct Solution

Given the following code:

public class AfaPseae {
    private int el = 0;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        AfaPseae a0 = new AfaPseae();
        A
        AfaPseae a1 = new AfaPseae();
        a0.cripir(1);
        a1 = new AfaPseae();
        a1.cripir(10);
        a0 = a1;
        a0.cripir(100);
        a1.cripir(1000);
        B
    }

    public void cripir(int a) {
        C
        int brun = 0;
        el += a;
        brun += a;
        hos += a;
        System.out.println("el=" + el + "  brun=" + brun + "  hos=" + hos);
    }

    private static int hos = 0;
}
  1. What does the main method print?
  2. Which of the variables [hos, el, brun, a0, a1] are in scope at A ?
  3. Which are in scope at B ?
  4. Which are in scope at C ?

Solution

  1. Output:

    hos=1  el=1  brun=1
hos=10  el=10  brun=11
hos=110  el=100  brun=111
hos=1110  el=1000  brun=1111

  2. In scope at A : brun, a0, a1

  3. In scope at B : brun

  4. In scope at C : brun, hos, el

Explanation (which you do not need to write out in your submitted solution):

  1. brun is a static variable, hos is an instance variable, and el is a local variable.

  2. At A , hos is out of scope because it is an instance variable, but main is a static method. el is out of scope because it is local to cripir.

  3. At B , a0 and a1 are out of scope because they are not declared yet. hos is out of scope because it is an instance variable, but main is a static method. el is out of scope because it is local to cripir.

  4. At C , a0 and a1 out of scope because they are local to the main method.

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