Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields ...

Welcome to the Java 101 study guide. This guide complements " Class and Object Initialization." It provides a glossary of terms specific to that article, new homework, solutions to last month's ...

This post explains how to use classes in Java to build objects and organize your code. Also learn: constructors, static methods, and more!

Consider the following sample code for the hero in an adventure game. Our hero has two instance variables: hitPoints (the amount of damage the hero can take until death) and an array of items ...

Creating objects in Java involves: Declaring a variable to reference the object. Instantiating the object using the new keyword. Initializing the object via a constructor. By following these steps, ...

Declaring (and initializing) Arrays: We declare and initialize array variables like other class variables, but by specifying the type and constructor in a special form: for 1-dimensional (1-d) arrays, ...

Loitering Objects and Java Framework Design. By Leonard Slipp ; February 5, 2001; ONE OF THE key objectives early in the design of Java was to create an environment that eliminated the memory ...