APCOMPSCI: Unit 1 Lesson 1 - 6

Object-Oriented Programming

An approach to creating and using models of physical or imagined objects.

Class

A programmer-defined blueprint from which objects are created.

Object

An instance of a class.

Attribute

The characteristics of an object.

Behavior

The actions

Instantiate

To call the constructor to create an object. ();

Method

A named set of instructions to perform a task.

Constructor

A special method that has the same name as a class and doesn’t have a return type.

Parameter

Defines the type of value to receive when a method or constructor is called. (“red”)

Argument

The specific value provided when a method or constructor is called.

String Literal

A sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks.

Source Code

The code from which the computer follows.

Syntax

The rules for how a programmer must write code for a computer to understand.

Class Header

The class keyword and the name of the class.

Comment

A text note to explain or annotate the code and is ignored when the program is run.

Syntax Error

A mistake in the code that doesn’t follow a programming language’s syntax.

State the main method.

public static void main(String[] args )