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| A parameter that is passed to a method when it is called |
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| a section of code beginning and ending with curly braces{}. The statements are grouped so they can be used together to accomplish a certain task. |
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| a data type that can be either true or false |
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| the java programming language keyword used to resume program execution at the statement immediately following the current statement. |
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| a machine-independent code generated by the Java compiler and executed by the Java interpreter. |
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| the java programming language keyword that defines a group of statements to begin executing if a value specified matches the value defined by a preceding "switch" keyword |
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| explicit conversion from one data type to another |
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| a 16-bit unsigned integer that represents a Unicode value. |
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| the software blueprint for creating objects. An Object is an instance of a Class. In other words, Class is simply a prototype for objects, a blueprint (or template) that defines the variables and the methods common to all objects of a certain kind. |
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a method that is invoked without reference to a praticular object. It is also called a static method |
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| a variable that is available to all instances of a class |
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| an expression that executes one of several sections of code based on a conditional test. |
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| a pseudo-method that creates an object; it is invoked using the new keyword and it has the same name. In the Java programming language, these are instance methods with the same name as its class. |
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| the keyword used to resume program execution at the end of the current loop. If followed by a label, it resumes execution where the label occurs. |
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| defines the kind of data that can be stored in a variable. |
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| a statement that establishes an identifier and associates attributes with it, without necessarily reserving its storage (for data) or providing the implementation (for methods). |
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| the java programming language keyword used after all "case" conditions in a "switch" statement. If all "case" conditions are not matched by the value of the "switch" variable, the "default" keyword will be executed. |
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| the keyword used to declare a post-test loop that will iterate a block of statements, the loop's exit condition must be specified with the "while" keyword. |
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| a double precision, 64-bit long, floating-point number used as a variable. |
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| Designates a single-precision, 32-bit long, floating-point number used as a variable. |
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| The keyword used to declare a loop that reiterates statements, the programmer must specify the statements to be executed, exit conditions, and initialization variable for the loop. |
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| A term used to describe the default access control for methods of a particular class in which the class itself, subclasses and classes in the same package can call the method. |
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The java programming language keyword used to conduct a conditional test and execute a block of statments when the test evaluates to true. |
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| The keyword used at the beginning of a source file that can specify classes or entire packages to be referred to later without including their package names in the reference. |
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| A statement that is used to include a class to be searched for in a particular package. |
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| One specific object within the class of objects |
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| Any method that is invoked with respect to an instance of a class |
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| A variable particular to an instance of a class |
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| A whole number, such as 1 and 5280 |
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Java Development Kit (JDK) |
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| A software development environment for writing applets and applications in the Java programming language |
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| A method that must be defined in every Java application. When a Java application is invoked, the Java compiler looks for the method named main and begins execution there. |
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| A function defined in a class. |
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The keyword used to create an instance of a class. |
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| The software bundle of variables and related methods. It is the principal building blocks of object-oriented programs. |
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| To group together a variety of classes and/or interfaces that perform similar functions. |
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| A data type that can have only one value at a time and is the simplest built-in form of data within Java. |
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| A modifier that specifies only the current class can call this method or variable. When you use this modifier, you are excluding subclasses of the class as well. |
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| A modifier that specifies that only classes in the current package in which the method or variables is defined can call the method. This allows access for objects that are part of the same application, but not to other applications. |
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| The method an application actually uses to read data from a stream. This method is found in the following java.io classes: InputStream, FilterInputStream, BufferedInputStream, DataInputStream, ByteArrayInputStream and PushbackInputStream. |
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| The keyword used to finish the execution of a method. It can be followed by a value required by the method definition. |
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| Any line or lines of code ending in a semicolon. It may be an expression, a method call, or a declaration. |
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| A Java programming language keyword used to define a variable as a class variable. Classes maintain one copy of class variables regardless of how many instances exist of that class. It can also be used to define a method as a class method. Class methods are invoked by the class instead of a specific instance, and can only operate on class variables. |
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| Another name for class method. A method that is invoked wihtout reference to a particular object. Class methods affect the class as a whole, not a particular instance of the class. |
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| A variable that exists in only one location and is globally accessible by an instances of a class. |
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| The Java programming language keyword used to evaluate a variable that can later be matched with a value specified by the "case" keyword in order to execute a group of statements. |
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| The keyword used in method declarations to specify that the method does not return any value. |
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| A keyword used to declare a pretest loop that iterates a block of statements, the loop's exit condition must be specified as part of the statement. |
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