Classes and Objects Flashcards
Class
blueprint from which individual objects are created
Modifier
keyword placed on a class method or variable declarations that changes how it operates and to what extent it can be accessed
Method
set of code referred tp by name and can be invoked at any point of the program simply by utilizing the methods name
Method overloading
allows creation of several methods with similar name which differ from each other in they type of input and output of function
Constructors
used to create and initialize any instance meneber variables when new expression is used to create an object of a class
Parameters
list of variables in a method declaration
Arguments
actual values passed in when method is invoked
Object
executable copy of a class