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Foil 78 Summary of Object-Oriented Concepts - I

From CRPC Lectures on Java Language Applets Graphics CRPC Annual Meeting Tutorial -- May 14,1996. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 Class: A template for an object which contains variables and methods which can be inherited from other superclasses and whose calling sequence and existence can be defined by interfaces
2 Object or Instance: A particular realization of some class; different instances usually have different values for their variables or instances but the same methods
3 Simple types: variables defined by int, char etc. are NOT objects but each has an associated wrapper class which can be used with greater power but lower efficiency
4 Superclass: A class further up in the inheritance tree
5 Subclass: A class further down in the inheritance tree
6 Abstract classes:contain abstract methods which are not implemented and only define interfaces. Subclasses will provide implementations

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