class variable Comparison Table

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class variable comparison table

Subject have syntax rule destroy in associate with is a subtopic of take the place of access from declare by overuse access by refer to has part represent contain use by have purpose is a synonym of mark as allocate once for allocate when be part of declared in belong to is a kind of used initialize by define have access modifier refer to by be accessible to declare anywhere in be a member of have has definition be is partitioned into

class member Members every method of the class static member member A member of a class which is either a field or a method class method, class variable

member variable
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
the block where it is declared giving the data type followed by the name of the variable other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default a class or an object or a primitive datum value only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum field variable an assignment statement
public
or private
or protected
the code in its class a class outside of a method a class or an object comment if it is non-obvious as private as possible class variable, instance variable

class variable
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
the block where it is declared any instance of any class Members global variables used in other languages
any instance method of the class
any class method of the class
giving the data type followed by the name of the variable other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default a class or an object or a primitive datum value the state of a class only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type every method of the class to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum static variable static a class the class is loaded a class the body of the class (not inside a method) 1 class member variable to store
default or 'constant' values that are widely used by methods in a class
lookup tables and similar structures used in algorithms in a particular class
an assignment statement an attribute of an entire class
public
or private
or protected
specifying the name of the class, followed by a dot, followed by the name of the variable the code in its class a class outside of a method a class or an object a name A data item present in a class that is shared by all instances of that class as private as possible

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Subject	have syntax rule	destroy in	associate with	is a subtopic of	take the place of	access from	declare by	overuse	access by	refer to	has part	represent	contain	use by	have purpose	is a synonym of	mark as	allocate once for	allocate when	be part of	declared in	belong to	is a kind of	used	initialize by	define	have access modifier	refer to by	be accessible to	declare anywhere in	be a member of	have	has definition	be	is partitioned into
class member				Members										every method of the class		static member							member										A member of a class which is either a field or a method		class method, class variable
member variable	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	the block where it is declared					giving the data type followed by the name of the variable		other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default	a class or an object or a primitive datum	value		only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type		to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum	field							variable		an assignment statement		public or private or protected		the code in its class	a class outside of a method	a class or an object	comment if it is non-obvious		as private as possible	class variable, instance variable
class variable	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	the block where it is declared	any instance of any class	Members	global variables used in other languages	any instance method of the class any class method of the class	giving the data type followed by the name of the variable		other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default	a class or an object or a primitive datum	value	the state of a class	only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type	every method of the class	to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum	static variable	static	a class	the class is loaded	a class	the body of the class (not inside a method)	1 class	member variable	to store default or 'constant' values that are widely used by methods in a class lookup tables and similar structures used in algorithms in a particular class	an assignment statement	an attribute of an entire class	public or private or protected	specifying the name of the class, followed by a dot, followed by the name of the variable	the code in its class	a class outside of a method	a class or an object	a name	A data item present in a class that is shared by all instances of that class	as private as possible