Vocabulary Terms

Writing Classes

Accessor method

Class

defines a type and is used to define what all objects of that class know and can do.

Class variable

Comment

compareTo method

Constructor

Constructor overloading

Default constructor

Default variable value

equals method

Field

Instance variable

Instantiation

Javadoc

Javadoc comment

Method

Method overloading

Multi-line comment

Mutator method

No-argument constructor

Object class

Postcondition

a condition that is true after running the method

Precondition

private keyword

public keyword

Single-line comment

static keyword

means that the field or method exists in the object that defines the class.

Static method

Static variable

toString method

Visibility modifier