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Classes in Java

Explore how to define and structure classes in Java by creating files, adding properties, and writing methods. Understand how to use Java packages and apply syntax conventions for effective object-oriented programming.

Defining a Java class

To define a new class, create a new file named Classname.java. For example, to create a Dragon class, we will first create a file named Dragon.java, as shown in the following code widget.

Java
import java.util.*;
public class Dragon{
// class variables
public static void main(String[] args) {
// driver code
}
}

In this case, the class does not have a package. If it did, we would have ...