the "new" Keyword

When you create a object from a class hence

 class SampleClass {

}

SampleClass awesomeClass = new SampleClass();

You are basically creating a template from the main class think of objects as templates from a specific class. new is a Java keyword. It creates a Java object and allocates memory for it on the heap. There is ways to create a object from a class without using the new keyword but it is bad practice, Unless you have specific reasons for not using the new keyword you can always use the newInstance or constructor or even clone ect methods but that might be out of your scope level if you are just getting started with java.

The new keyword creates a new object that you can use. If you are not using the new keyword, I would guess you are declaring a variable and not using an object.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7019754/what-does-the-new-keyword-actually-do-in-java-and-should-i-avoid-creating-new