PPT Slide
We discussed several concepts concerning a classes:
- Definition of a class, including fields and methods,
- Declaration of a class variable,
- Creation of a new instance of a class and storing it in a class variable.
- Referencing and assigning to a field of a class.
- Assigning a class instance to a class variable, thus creating an alias.
- Class methods (procedures and functions)
We have looked only at the mechanics; we haven�t spend much time on using these things. That will come later. For now, it�s imperative that you learn the mechanics.
The demonstrations using CodeWarrior on the Mac should help provide some perspective.