Java: A Beginner's Guide, Eighth Edition, 8th Edition

Chapter 4

Introducing Classes, Objects, and Methods

Key Skills & Concepts

●   Know the fundamentals of the class

●   Understand how objects are created

●   Understand how reference variables are assigned

●   Create methods, return values, and use parameters

●   Use the return keyword

●   Return a value from a method

●   Add parameters to a method

●   Utilize constructors

●   Create parameterized constructors

●   Understand new

●   Understand garbage collection

●   Use the this keyword

Before you can go much further in your study of Java, you need to learn about the class. The class is the essence of Java. It is the foundation upon which the ...