Here's how to make classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects work together in your Java programs.

This post explains how to use classes in Java to build objects and organize your code. Also learn: constructors, static methods, and more!

Object-oriented systems are usually partitioned into layers of related responsibilities and only dependencies in one direction are allowed, from higher layers (more specific, less reusable) to lower ...

In Classes and objects in Java, you learned how to declare static fields and static methods as members of a class, and in Class and object initialization in Java, you learned how to declare static ...

Developers who create a runnable Java class, be it for a ‘Hello World’ demonstration or to kick off a fully featured enterprise application, will enjoy the following technical benefits when using ...

UML is used as a representation of the Java programming language. Using sample class and sequence diagrams, you can see how UML conveys unambiguous code-mapping information to developers.

Reference objects aren't just useful when memory is at a premium; they can also be used to provide slick caching abilities to any application.