Terminology: Classes and Objects
In this lesson, we will explore the common terms encountered when talking about classes and objects.
We'll cover the following...
What we know about objects
We begin this chapter by reviewing some of the earlier material about objects and classes.
- An object is a construct in a Java program that represents data and performs certain actions. It can represent a real-world object or an abstraction, such as a name.
- Objects within a program can act on their own or interact with one another to accomplish a task.
- Each object has a data type, which is the name of the class to which the object