Great work! Let's review everything that we've learned about object-oriented programming in Java so far.
- Class: a blueprint for how a data structure should function
- Constructor: instructs the class to set up the initial state of an object
- Object: instance of a class that stores the state of a class
- Method: set of instructions that can be called on an object
- Parameter: values that can be specified when creating an object or calling a method
- Return value: specifies the data type that a method will return after it runs
- Inheritance: allows one class to use functionality defined in another class
Instance
Mouse.java
public class Mouse extends Rodentia {
String name;
public Mouse(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public void eat() {
System.out.println(name + " ate some cheese pizza!");
}
public void solveMaze(int minutes) {
System.out.println(name + " solved the maze in " + minutes + " minutes!");
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Mouse ratly = new Mouse("Ratly");
ratly.eat();
ratly.solveMaze(3);
ratly.order();
}
}
Rodentia.java
public class Rodentia {
public static void main(String[] args) {
}
public void order() {
System.out.println("This animal belongs to the Rodentia order.");
}
}
