How to tell the relationship between two classes from java code? (Association vs Dependency)

Question

Assume that we have a java class Employer:

public class Employer{
     public Employer(){
        Gardener gardener = new Gardener();
        gardener.garden();
     }
}

and another class Gardener:

public class Gardener{
     public void garden(){
        System.out.println("gardening");
     }
}

What is the relationship type between Employer and Gardener in this case (Dependency or Association)?

Thanks in advance

The question is related, but is not a duplicate, since it is looking an answer on an specific example — Sebastian D'Agostino, Jun 09 '18 at 23:32
@Turing85 I read the other question but still it's not answering mine, this case is not clear. — Derar Mu'alla, Jun 09 '18 at 23:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '18 at 23:34

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In general, you use an association to represent something like a field in a class. On the other hand, naming a parameter type and creating an object in a temporary variable imply a dependency.

This is case is a dependency.

For more info read this.

answered Jun 09 '18 at 23:34

Sebastian D'Agostino

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You basically just summarized the first answer from the question I referenced as duplicate... – Turing85 Jun 09 '18 at 23:36
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@Turing85, no... I used it to justify the answer – Sebastian D'Agostino Jun 09 '18 at 23:37

How to tell the relationship between two classes from java code? (Association vs Dependency)

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