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Java

Posted by Han Wu
Han Wu
927 Points

Confused what an object it. An example would be helpful.

I know it has state and behavious but what really defines an object?

1 Answer

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

An object is a new version of a class.

For example, if you had a class called 'Dog', you could create a new version of this class using the following code.

Dog dog1 = new Dog();

This is code that will create a new Dog object called dog1. You can then use this object to call methods that are contained within the Dog class file.

I hope this helped you out.

Han Wu
Han Wu
927 Points

Thanks. That really cleared it up.

Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher
Craig Dennis
Craig Dennis
Treehouse Teacher

Sure are a lot of Java dogs these days. ;) Thanks Luke!

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

It sure does. Even more now that Treehouse has it's own Java courses, keep up the good work Craig!