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Subject destroy in declare is a subtopic of access declare by create access by refer to has part refer you define by return to contain have purpose is a synonym of pass as have example make implement have scope have access to be part of operate on belong to is a kind of initialize by define have access modifier maintain be accessible to hide declare anywhere in use override be a member of have have part return has definition be

instance method public, protected or private Methods all instance variables of all objects of its class an object by instantiating a class other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default the object itself using the 'this' keyword
when a method is called
and the method's parameter is a primitive type
then the memory allocated for that parameter holds a copy of the parameter itself
a block of implementation code its caller from only one place which should be the last statement return statement unless it has a void return type an argument to a method or constructor
public float credit(float amountToCredit) {
balance = balance + amountToCredit;
return balance;
}
the behaviour of the objects in the class every class variable of its class a class the current object's instance variables a class method its return type
public
or private
or protected
instance variables, class variables from other objects the super method to invoke a method declared in the superclass a method in a superclass with the same name a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious method signature a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type Any method that is invoked with respect to an instance of a class public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package

instance variable the block where it is declared Members giving the data type followed by the name of the variable all methods of its class an object or a primitive value join the name of the variable with a dot to the instance variable name.
Example:
variableName.instanceVariableName
an instance variable definition 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 object variable private to prevent direct access to instance variable - accessor methods should be used instead to protect data abstraction an attribute or an association an object member variable an assignment statement
public
or private
or protected
part of its object's state the code in its class a class outside of a method a class or an object comment if it is non-obvious Any item of data that is associated with a particular object. as private as reasonably possible - almost never make an instance variable public

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Subject	destroy in	declare	is a subtopic of	access	declare by	create	access by	refer to		has part	refer you	define by	return to	contain	have purpose	is a synonym of	pass as	have example	make	implement	have scope	have access to	be part of	operate on	belong to	is a kind of	initialize by	define	have access modifier	maintain	be accessible to	hide	declare anywhere in	use	override	be a member of	have	have part	return	has definition	be
instance method		public, protected or private	Methods	all instance variables of all objects of its class		an object by instantiating a class	other methods and variables in any class in the same package by default	the object itself using the 'this' keyword	when a method is called and the method's parameter is a primitive type then the memory allocated for that parameter holds a copy of the parameter itself	a block of implementation code			its caller from only one place which should be the last statement	return statement unless it has a void return type			an argument to a method or constructor	public float credit(float amountToCredit) { balance = balance + amountToCredit; return balance; }		the behaviour of the objects in the class		every class variable of its class	a class	the current object's instance variables	a class	method		its return type	public or private or protected			instance variables, class variables from other objects		the super method to invoke a method declared in the superclass	a method in a superclass with the same name		a comment at its head if the method is non-obvious	method signature	a value that is of the return type of the method or a subtype of that type	Any method that is invoked with respect to an instance of a class	public except for those that will definitely need to be called from outside the package
instance variable	the block where it is declared		Members		giving the data type followed by the name of the variable		all methods of its class	an object or a primitive		value	join the name of the variable with a dot to the instance variable name. Example: variableName.instanceVariableName	an instance variable definition		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	object variable			private to prevent direct access to instance variable - accessor methods should be used instead to protect data abstraction	an attribute or an association			an object			member variable	an assignment statement		public or private or protected	part of its object's state	the code in its class		a class outside of a method			a class or an object	comment if it is non-obvious			Any item of data that is associated with a particular object.	as private as reasonably possible - almost never make an instance variable public