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class body (class definition block)
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class body	cannot contain executable statements except inside blocks
	contains declarations for instance variables class variables instance methods class methods
	has definition A block that specifies the variable declarations, the methods and the constructors for the class
	has purpose to specify the variable declarations, methods and constructors for a class
	has syntax { class element } where class element can be 0 or more of: variable declarations, constructors, initialization blocks, methods
	is a subtopic of Classes
	is a kind of body
	is a synonym of class definition block
block	has example { a =5; b = computeSomething; }
	has layout example style preferred by Sun: if(condition) { // statements }
	has layout example style preferred by the authors: if(condition) { // statements }
	is used as the body of classes, loops, conditional statements and for exception handling
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional