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class declaration
subject			fact

class declaration	if a class declaration does not contain an extends clause then the class is a direct subclass of Object class by default
	has definition A declaration that specifies a class and does not include the class body
	has example public class HelloWorld
	has purpose to specify the class
	has syntax public abstract final class nameOfClass extends Super implements Interfaces
	is a subtopic of Classes
	is a kind of declaration
	must contain the class name
declaration	is part of definition
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional