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Classes in Java are made up of classes which contain variables to store data and methods to perform tasks. A class definition starts with the class name followed by opening and closing curly brackets containing variables and method definitions indented inside. Java is case sensitive and uses comments and whitespace for readability but ignores extra whitespace.

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Classes

Classes in Java are made up of classes which contain variables to store data and methods to perform tasks. A class definition starts with the class name followed by opening and closing curly brackets containing variables and method definitions indented inside. Java is case sensitive and uses comments and whitespace for readability but ignores extra whitespace.

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Classes in Java

Classes
• All code in a Java program is part of a class
• A class has two purposes
– Provide functions to do work for the programmer
– Represent data
• Two kinds of things found in a class
– Variables store data about the class
– Methods provide programmers with ways of asking the
class to do work
Defining a Class
1. Starts with class myClass {
the word “class” ...
... 2. Followed 3. Followed
by the class by an open
... name curly bracket
4. Followed by }
method and
variable
What name
definitions.
5. Followed by a close would this
curly bracket file have?
Indenting Classes
• Variables and methods in a class myClass{
class should be indented void method1(){
• Close bracket at end should
be indented the same as code
class }
• Open bracket can be on same }
line as class or next line
• Classes are usually in their
own file
Formatting Java Programs
• Java is case sensitive. E.g. class myclass is not the same
as class MyClass.
• Java is white space insensitive
– Can put any number of spaces or new line characters between
statements
– Should use spaces to indent to make programs readable
• // (two slashes) in Java start a comment:
// This is a comment
– Everything from the // to the end of line is ignored
Summary
• Java programs are made up of classes
– Classes have variables that store data
– Methods do work for the programmer
• Class definitions have multiple parts.
• Java is case sensitive
• Comments and extra white space are ignored

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