Invocations and Frames

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*For each method invocation, a new frame is dynamically created.
 
*A frame consists of the parameters, local variables, and (in case of non-static methods) of a pointer which references the associated object (this).
 
*All parameters are initialized by their corresponding actual parameters by the calling method.
 
*Local variables, however, remain uninitialized and must be initialized before they can be used.
 

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