Lecture – 4
Class and Object in JAVA
Shahriar Hossain Shanto
Lecturer
Department of CSE
Daffodil International University
Contents
• Class and Object in Java
• UML notations for class
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Class and Objects
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Classes and Objects
• Classes and Objects are basic concepts of Object Oriented Programming
which revolve around the real life entities.
• Everything in OOP is associated with classes and objects.
• A Class is like an object constructor, or a "blueprint" for creating objects.
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1. Class
• A class is a user defined blueprint or prototype from which objects are created.
• It represents the set of properties or methods that are common to all objects of one
type.
• A java class can contains:
⮚ Data member/variables
⮚ Method
⮚ Constructor
⮚ Block of Statements
⮚ Class or Interface
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*** Syntax of Creating a Class
modifiers class ClassName{
//body of the class
}
***Class Names - For all class names the first letter should be in Upper Case.
Example: public class Box { }
public class MyBox { }
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2. Object
• A class is a template or blueprint from which objects are created. So, an object is the
instance(result) of a class.
• Object Definitions:
⮚ An object is a real-world entity.
⮚ An object is a runtime entity.
⮚ The object is an entity which has state and behavior.
⮚ The object is an instance of a class.
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***Syntax of Creating an Object
ClassName objectName = new default_Constructor();
***Object Names - For all object names the first letter should be in lower Case.
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Example - 1
• Create a Box Class. Each box of this class will have height and width.
• Create one object of the Box Class and display the information.
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Solution of Example - 1:
public class Box {
int height;
int width;
public static void main(String[] args) {
Box box1 = new Box();
box1.height = 10;
box1.width = 20;
System.out.println("\nHeight of box1 = " + box1.height);
System.out.println("Width of box1 = " + box1.width);
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Example - 2
• Create a Person Class. Each person of this class will have name and age.
• Create two objects of the Person Class, Set the values and display the
information.
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UML: Unified Modeling Language
UML Representation of CLASS
ClassName
Instance Variables
Methods
UML representation of Class from Example - 1
Box
height: int
width: int
+ main(String[]) : void
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Example – 3: Write a Java code from this UML
Student
- name: String
- id: int
+ main(String[]) : void
• Create two objects of the Student Class, Set the values and display the information.
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Solution of Example - 3:
public class Student {
Student std2 = new Student();
private String name;
std2.name = "Kabir";
private int id;
std2.id = 200;
private double cgpa;
std2.cgpa = 3.8;
public static void main(String[] args)
System.out.println("\n\nName of Student -1 : "+std2.name);
{
System.out.println("ID of Student - 1 : "+std2.id);
Student std1 = new Student();
System.out.println("CGPA of Student - 1: "+std2.cgpa);
std1.name = "Abdullah";
}
std1.id = 100;
std1.cgpa = 3.5;
}
System.out.println("Name of Student -1 : "+std1.name);
System.out.println("ID of Student - 1 : "+std1.id);
System.out.println("CGPA of Student - 1: "+std1.cgpa); 15
Example – 4: Write a Java code from this UML
Department
- deptName: String
- deptCode: int
- faculty: String
+ main(String[]) : void
• Create two objects of the Department Class, Set the values and display the information.
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Thank you!
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