Terminology: Classes and Objects
Explore the key concepts of Java classes and objects including how objects represent data and behaviors through methods. Understand class types, object instantiation, and using the Java Class Library. This lesson equips you with foundational knowledge to work with classes and objects in your Java programs.
We'll cover the following...
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