Chapter 3: Implementing Classes

Terminology

• Encapsulation - hiding unimportant details
• Abstraction - thinking about the essence of a concept

Class Definition Components

• Class name
• Constructors
• Methods
• Instance fields

Javadoc Comments

• /** comment format */
• @param tag
• @return tag
• Comment every class, method, parameter and return value

Lecture Code

• Course.java