Class and object in Java

Class and object in Java

 

Hi,

Let me first compare the real world object with software object since they have very similar characteristics. Whatever we see in this world as things can be considered as objects like table, chair, dogs, cars, humans etc… They have states and behaviors. For example, if we consider humans, the state is named, sex, religion etc. whereas behavior is walking, talking, thinking, etc… Likewise software object also has state and behavior, the object's state is stored in fields and behavior is shown via methods.

A class is a blueprint from which individual objects are created. Java class objects exhibit the properties and behaviors defined by its class.

The following example code would help you to understand more about class and objects.

public class Human{

String name;

String sex;

String religion;

void walking(){

}

void talking(){

}

void thinking(){

}

}