Beginner: How does an object delete itself?

[nobody]

I'm still only a beginner, but this class is only used in one array ;)


"ylixir" <ylixir at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> nobody wrote:
>> Hello. I just started using OOP and had a question.
>>
>> I have something like this:
>>
>> class Foo{
>> ..
>>     private void deleteMyself()
>>     {
>>         this.delete;
>>         foo.length--;
>>     }
>> ..
>> }
>>
>> Foo[] foo;
>>
>> But this obviously doesn't work.
>> The problem is, how do I know what position in the array the object is, 
>> and how do I delete it?
>> I don't want empty elements in my array.
>
> you could do some wizardry to get something like that to work, but it 
> sounds like such an awkward situation to be at in the first place. maybe 
> if you posted a little more context around that bit, someone could help 
> you find a design pattern that would eliminate the need to do that 
> altogether.
>
> honestly, in most cases, something like that wouldn't be a good idea. what 
> if the class was used later in something other than an array?