Writing Classes

class

When a group of statements, such as control structures, are all put together to be referred to this

source code

this is the java programming file that hosts the code

method

a block of code that, when called, performs specific actions mentioned in it

driver class

a class in charge of running other classes

object class

the parent classes of all the java classes

header

where you tell Java what value type, if any, the method will return

constructor

a special method used to initalize objects

instance variables(fields)

a variable that is specific to a certain object

return type

the primitive type in which data should return

parameters

the variables listed as a part of the method decleration

precondition

a condition that must be true for your method code to work

postcondition

a condition that is true after the method runs

static

it belongs to the class rather than to a specific instance