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- A programming language concept that allows data and methods to be grouped together. The class concept is fundamental to the notion of an object-oriented programming language. The methods of a class define the set of permitted operations on the class's data (its attributes). This close tie between data and operations means that an instance of a class - an object - is responsible for responding to messages received via its defining class's methods.
David J. Barnes - Cite This Source - This Definition - In the Java programming language, a type that defines the implementation of a particular kind of object. A class definition defines instance and class variables and methods, as well as specifying the interfaces the class implements and the immediate superclass of the class. If the superclass is not explicitly specified, the superclass will implicitly be
Object.
Sun Microsystems - Cite This Source - This Definition - classpath, encapsulation, functional programming, global variable, imperative programming, lexicographic ordering, locale, method
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