Java implicit "this" parameter in method?

Question

Within the programming language Java do method invocations on an object, work by implicitly passing a reference to the object to act on and working as static methods?

Answer 1

Details on how method invocation works can be found in the Java SE 7 JVM specification, section 3.7. For an instance method the this reference is passed as the first parameter. This reference is also used to select which method to invoke, since it might be overridden in a subclass, so it is a bit more complicated than a static method.