JAVA PROGRAMMING
BASIC
Mr.C.Thiruvengadam
Associate Professor
Det. Of ECE
Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College
Kovilvenni
class, object, methods, and instance
variables
When we consider a Java program, it can be defined as a collection of objects that
communicate via invoking each other's methods. Let us now briefly look into what
do class, object, methods, and instance variables mean.
Object - Objects have states and behaviors. Example: A dog has states - color,
name, breed as well as behavior such as wagging their tail, barking, eating. An
object is an instance of a class.
Class - A class can be defined as a template/blueprint that describes the
behavior/state that the object of its type supports.
Methods - A method is basically a behavior. A class can contain many methods.
It is in methods where the logics are written, data is manipulated and all the actions
are executed.
Instance Variables - Each object has its unique set of instance variables. An object's
state is created by the values assigned to these instance variables.
The above class contains the following methods:
public static String readString ()
o Reads and returns a string, to the end of the
line, from standard input.
public static String readWord ()
o Reads and returns one space-delimited word
from standard input.
public static boolean readBoolean ()
o Reads and returns a boolean value from
standard input. Returns false if an exception
occurs during the read.
The above class contains the following methods:
public static char readChar ()
o Reads and returns a character from standard
input. Returns MIN_VALUE if an exception occurs
during the read.
public static int readInt ()
o Reads and returns an integer value from standard
input. Returns MIN_VALUE if an exception occurs
during the read.
public static long readLong ()
o Reads and returns a long integer value from
standard input. Returns MIN_VALUE if an
exception occurs during the read.
Printing
Printing is done with System.out.print,
System.out.println, System.out.print,
System.out.printf
The above class contains the following
methods:
o Reads and returns a float value from
standard input. Returns NaN if an exception
occurs during the read.
public static double readDouble ()
o Reads and returns a double value from
standard input. Returns NaN if an exception
occurs during the read.
public static int getErrorCount()
o Returns the number of errors recorded since
the Keyboard class was loaded or since the last
error count reset.
The above class contains the following
methods:
public static void resetErrorCount (int count)
o Resets the current error count to zero.
public static boolean getPrintErrors ()
o Returns a boolean indicating whether input
errors are currently printed to standard output.
public static void setPrintErrors (boolean
flag)
o Sets the boolean indicating whether input
errors are to be printed to standard input.
The + Operator
Use + for addition
If both arguments are numbers, + means addition. –
Example: double result = 2.3 + 4.5; •
Use + for string concatenation
If either argument is String, + means concatenation – +
is only overloaded operator (operator with multiple
meanings) in all of Java
Examples String result1 = "Hello, " + "World"; // "Hello,
World" String result2 = "Number " + 5; // "Number 5"
