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Java

Aditya Sheode
Aditya Sheode
1,291 Points
Posted by Aditya Sheode
Aditya Sheode
1,291 Points

PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser();

I have a few questions regarding the statement above

  1. He referred to PezDispenser as a data type why? 2.Why PezDispenser();? 3.How does he exactly point the example file to the Pezdispenser?

2 Answers

Lukas Dahlberg
Lukas Dahlberg
53,736 Points

  1. PezDispenser is the data type because it only allows information of the type PezDispenser. Or, put another way, if you use a primitive data type int, you can only use integers and nothing else - otherwise you'll get an error. Same with the class you've created.

  2. The PezDispenser() points to the constructor in the Pez Dispenser class. A constructor is similar to a method in how it's called. Later on, you will learn about the arguments you can pass into the ().

  3. He imported the class at the top of the page.