© Kishori Sharan and Adam L. Davis 2022
K. Sharan, A. L. DavisBeginning Java 17 Fundamentalshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7307-4_7

7. Classes

Kishori Sharan1   and Adam L. Davis2
(1)
Montgomery, AL, USA
(2)
Oviedo, FL, USA
 
In this chapter, you will learn:

  • What classes are in Java

  • How to define classes in Java

  • How to declare class members such as fields

  • How to create objects of a class

  • How to declare import statements in a compilation unit

  • How to define a Record in Java

What Is a Class?

Classes are the basic units of programming in the object-oriented paradigm. In Chapter 3, you looked at some elementary aspects of a class in Java, for example, using the class keyword to declare a class, declaring the main() method to run a class, etc. This chapter explains ...

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