Now that you're making your own classes, learn how to print their details elegantly, by overriding the toString method.
- [Instructor] Here, I have two classes. … On the left, I have the Pond class, … and on the right, I have a duck class. … In the Pond class, I have instantiated two Duck objects … called mobyDuck, and wolfgangDuck. … Duck has two methods, waddle and quack, … and here I'm using the waddle method on mobyDuck. … When I run this code, I should see waddle, … but most of the time when you use classes, … you're interested in the instance data that's within them. … So, let's say I want to know the name … of the duck that's waddling. … I can use the instance variable name, … and then I'm going to change that to is waddling. … Moby is waddling. … So now, as you probably expect, … if I get Wolfgang to waddle, … it's going to say "Wolfgang is waddling". … And that's because we've used the instance variable name … that is different for each instance of Duck. … There's a thing that I sometimes like to do, … which is print ducks. … Let's see what happens. … Okay, so what I see here is Duck, … but it doesn't have any of the information …
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- What is an object in Java?
- Building Java classes
- Retrieving and updating variables with getters and setters
- Using the static keyword
- Understanding inheritance
- Diagramming code with UML
- Implementing polymorphism
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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1. The World of Objects
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What is an object in Java?1m 13s
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Prerequisites21s
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Exercise files1m 44s
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2. Inside Classes
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The anatomy of a class1m 48s
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The mighty constructor2m 34s
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Construct a duck3m 18s
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3. Getters and Setters
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Using setters3m 13s
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Testing with JUnit2m 16s
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4. Static
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What is static?1m 26s
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Static runs a marathon5m 58s
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Exercise: Static1m 29s
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5. Inheritance
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The mother of all objects1m 35s
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6. UML
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Drawing with UML2m 44s
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7. Polymorphism
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What is polymorphism?1m 24s
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Polymorphism in action2m 11s
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The purpose of polymorphism1m 17s
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Implements vs. extends1m 59s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 30s
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