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

Chapter 6

A Closer Look at Methods and Classes

Key Skills & Concepts

●   Control access to members

●   Pass objects to a method

●   Return objects from a method

●   Overload methods

●   Overload constructors

●   Use recursion

●   Apply static

●   Use inner classes

●   Use varargs

This chapter resumes our examination of classes and methods. It begins by explaining how to control access to the members of a class. It then discusses the passing and returning of objects, method overloading, recursion, and the use of the keyword static. Also described are nested classes and variable-length arguments.

Controlling Access to Class Members

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