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Java Programming by Pearson
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Java Programming by Pearson

by Hari Mohan Pandey
May 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
889 pages
37h 5m
English
Pearson India
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7.1 INTRODUCTION
A class is a basic unit of encapsulation and abstraction. It binds together data and methods that work on
data. The class is an abstract data type (ADT) so the creation of a class simply creates a template. As
discussed in the beginning of the Chapter 1, each and everything has to be defi ned within the class. The data
members of the class are called fi eld and the member functions are known as methods. The general syntax
of creating a class in Java is shown as below.
class Class_name
{
type member_variable1;
type member_variable2;
//..................
type member_variable3;
type methodname1(parameter-list)
{
//body ...
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ISBN: 9781299486539