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Hands-On Automation Testing with Java for Beginners

You're reading from  Hands-On Automation Testing with Java for Beginners

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534603
Pages 156 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
1. First Programming Steps in Java 2. Understanding Classes, Objects, and Their Usage in Java 3. Handling Strings and Their Functions in Java 4. Building Blocks for Java Programs – Loops and Conditions 5. Everything You Need to Know About Interfaces and Inheritance 6. Learn Everything about Arrays 7. Understanding Date Class and Constructors in Java 11 8. Importance of the super and this Keywords and Exceptions in Java 9. Understanding the Collections Framework 10. The Importance of the final Keyword, Packages, and Modifiers 1. Other Books You May Enjoy Index

Importance of classes and objects in Java


Objects are instances or references of a class. So we can call the methods and variables present in this class with the help of their objects. We cannot call methods and objects directly, we can only use them with the help of their objects. So first, we need to create objects for the class, and then we can call the method inside the main class.

Let's take a look at the previous example to explain this:

package coreJavaTraining;

public class Firstclass {

    public void getData()
    {
        System.out.println(" I am in method");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        System.out.println("hi");
        System.out.println("hello world");
    }
}

Since the main block is already in the class, why do we need to create an object again for this class and call it?

The answer is that there is no way that the main block will come to know about the method outside it until and unless we create an object to call the method. There is an...

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