Vocab Flashcards
access specifier
word that indicates whether its public or private (accessibility)
accessor method
method that accesses info about object
api
library of code
assignment
placing value on variable
bug
error
byte
number of 8 bits, unit of storage
class
programmer defined data type
constructor
method that initializes (constructs) new object
initialization
construction + assignment, setting a variable to a well defined value when created
method
a sequence of statements
object
a value of a class type
parameter
information specified to to method when it is called
parameter variable
called in head of method, initialized when method is called
state
current value of object
statement
syntactical unit
type
set of values and operations that can be carried out with them
variable
symbol that identifies storage location and can hold values
local variable
declared in body, scope is a block
