AP Computer Science Classes, Objects, Methods

Code Structure
in Java

Source File
Class File
Method1

Method1

When designing a CLASS, think about the objects it will CREATE.

What things will the OBJECT know?

What things will the OBJECT do?
Example:
An object is like ONE entry in an address book. Each entry has the same
structure, but different data. The data can be changed (e.g., phone number
change, address change, etc.)
An object consists of METHODS that contain a set of instructions that use
the data (what the object knows) to perform an action (what the object
does).

Two Familiar
Classes

String

PrintStream

length

println

toUpperCase

print

replace

Examples:

String greeting = "Hello, World!";

String river = "Mississippi";

int n = greeting.length();

String bigRiver = river.toUpperCase();

Output = ??
How would you print the uppercase version of Hello, World!
System.out.println(greeting.toUpperCase());

Method
Parameters and
Return Values

A parameter is an INPUT to the method.

Some methods require multiple parameters, others require none at all, e.g.,
the length() method.

System.out.println(greeting.length()); see animation online

What does this

method of the
String class do?

public String replace(String target, String replacement)

river.replace("issipp", "our");

What is the result of the call river.replace(p, s)?

Try Programming Exercises P.9 and P.10