Class/member

(Class/member args...) (Class/FIELD) (Class/.method target args...) (Class/new args...) and a bare Class/member value

Calls the static method. With no arguments -- (System/currentTimeMillis) or (. System currentTimeMillis) -- it is the zero-argument static method when the host class has one, else the static field read (so (Integer/MAX_VALUE) and (. Math PI) read fields). A bare Class/member value reads the static field when the host class has one, else answers a member-as-value function dispatching per arity over the static call, so (every? Character/isWhitespace s) runs; a variadic-only member is refused. A static call or member value whose overloads all answer a boolean answers true/false. The class resolves dotted, imported, or java.lang. A bare loadable class name (String) is the class object, equal to (Class/forName "java.lang.String"), and .getClass on a string answers it. A class object prints its name (java.lang.String), and str answers its toString (class java.lang.String), like the oracle. Runs on the interpreter and the JVM only -- the wasm backends reject java:.

Class/.method is the instance method: in call position the first argument is the target, as (.method target args...), and as a value it is a function taking the target first, dispatching per arity of the class's public instance methods (a name with none is refused when the program is read). Class/new is the constructor, as (Class. args...), in call position and as a value; R/new of a record or deftype is its positional constructor. ^[types] param tags before any of these name the overload: the value then takes exactly that many arguments (plus the target). A tag is a class name, a primitive, ints/longs/... or objects for a primitive or Object array, T/N for an N-dimensional array, or _ for any type; a tagged call with another argument count is refused when the program is read.