The author of this method forgot to include the data type.
Which of the following reference types can fill in the blank to complete this method?
public static void m(___ v) { v = v.replace("1", "8"); v.startsWith("paper"); String s = v.toString(); }
B.
The toString() method call doesn't help in narrowing things down as all Java objects have that method available.
The other two methods are more helpful.
String is the only type of these three to have a startsWith() method, making Option B correct.
String has the replace() method declared here.
If you memorized the whole API, you might know that StringBuilder also has a replace() method, but it requires three parameters instead of two.
Please don't memorize the API in that level of detail.
We included what you need to know in our study guide.
If you do have this outside knowledge, be careful not to read into the questions!