Chapter 2
Object-Oriented Programming
Topics in This Chapter
In object-oriented programming, work is carried out by collaborating objects whose behavior is defined by the classes to which they belong. Java was one of the first mainstream programming languages to fully embrace object-oriented programming. As you have already seen, in Java every method is declared in a class and, except for a few primitive types, every value is an object. In this chapter, you will learn how to implement your own classes and methods.
The key points of this chapter are:
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