ITPF 01– Object Oriented Programming 1

C02.1 - Rudimentary
Java
Melgine M. Bauat, MSIT
Instructor
Components of Java Program

• In Java, executable statements are placed in functions,

known as methods, that belong to class definitions.

• The static method named main is the first method to be

executed when running a Java program.

• Any set of statements between the braces “{” and “}”

define a program block.
Reserved Words
Java Identifiers

• An identifier is the name of a class, method, or variable.

• An identifier cannot be any reserved word.
• It can be any string of Java letters, beginning with a letter
( or ‘$’ or ‘_’ ), followed by letters, including digits.

Examples:
o packages: org.omg.CORBA , java.lang , eecs2011.assignments
o Classes:Name , Math , enum , MyClass , YourClass
o Interfaces: Comparable, Clonable, Iterable
o methods: verb , getValue , isEmpty , equals , clone , toString
o variables: name , counter3 , $testVariable , _testVar
o CONSTANTS: PI , MAX_INT , ELECTRON_MASS
Variables and Data Types

• Variable definitions
• Variable: name of place in memory that can contain data
• All variables have:
• Data type  kind of data variable can contain
• Name  identifier that refers to the variable
• Value  the default or specified value
• also called the literal of the statement
• Semicolon
• Remember: All java statements end with a semicolon!
• e.g.
• String myname= “Melgine”;
• int count = 5;
Constants

• Using Constants
• Variable with a value that doesn’t change
• Keyword
• final
• Denotes value cannot change
• Example:
• final double SALES_TAX_RATE = 4.5;
• note the naming convention
• other examples?
Java Primitive Data Types
• Java has several primitive types, which are basic ways of storing
data.

• An identifier variable can be declared to hold any primitive type and

it can later be reassigned to hold another value of the same type.
Developing Java Program
use any text editor or
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compiler to compile your program
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JVM Universe
to execute your
program
“Hello Universe!” output
Developing Java Program

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compiler

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JVM

Output
Programmer and JVM perspective.

This is Java Language that programmers This is the compiled byte code that JVM
can understand. However, JVM can’t can understand. However, programmers
understand this. can’t understand this.

COMPILER
(javac)
Java Comments

• Comments
• Single line
• // compiler ignores
everything to end of line

• Multi-line
• /* compiler ignores
everything in between */

• Comments do not appear in

executable code
Literals
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int a = 8 + 12; char z = “Z”;
int b = a + 5; String myName = “Melgine”
System.out.println(“Enter
NOT Numeric Literal your Name: ”);
int c = a + b;
Additional Reading Materials

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Has5wcqNkFy3pSPJpH6uw6O9_8JJq
j-q/view?usp=sharing

Read this PDF File on our extra time.

We will have a QUIZ next meeting. Questions will be from this PDF
file and PowerPoint Slides. C01.1 and C02.1
NEXT TOPIC

Next meeting we will discuss the ff:

1. Java Expressions and Operators
 Relational
 Equality
 Arithmetic
 Logical
 Increment / Decrement
2. Casting (Implicit, Explicit)
3. Java Instance Variables
4. Java Windowed Application
ITPF 01– Object Oriented Programming 1

Thank you for listening!