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Java Glossary 3

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Abstraction”Refers to creating classes that are general and do not contain methods with a particular implementation or method body code.”
Calling Method”A method that invokes another method to do some work.”
Child Class”The class that inherits from, or extends, the superclass."
Constructors”Method-like structures that are invoked automatically when you instantiate an object.”
Default Constructor”The constructor that is created by the Java programming language compiler if the compiler finds a class that does not have an explicitly defined constructor.”
Encapsulation”The hiding of data within a class. It makes it easier for other programmers to use classes and protects certain datat within a class from being modified inappropriately.”
Superclass”The class which contains members common to several other classes.”
The private Modifier”Allows objects of a given class, their attributes, and operation to be inaccessible by other objects."
The public Modifier”Allows the class, its attributes, and methods to be visible to any object in your program."
The static Keyword”Used to declare that there can only be one copy of the variable in memory associated with a class."
Visibility Modifiers”Indicate the levels of access that other objects can have to the attribute of method.”
Worker Method”A method that is called to do some work by another method.”


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