Classes, fields, methods, constructors, and objects are the building blocks of object-based Java applications. This Java tutorial teaches you how to declare classes, describe attributes via fields ...

In my previous post, I looked at some of the problems associated with long parameters lists for methods and constructors. In that post, I discussed replacing primitives and built-in types with ...

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

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 ...

Is it poor programming practice to pass parameters as objects? Are you making code more maintainable? Or just covering up poorly defined methods?

Yes, as <I>da</I> stated you can modify the contents (elements) of an array passed to a method and those changes will be visible to the caller after the called method has returned.<BR><BR>This is ...