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instance variable comparison table

Subject refer to be accessible to declare anywhere in declare by make have be a member of be initialize by is a kind of is a synonym of is a subtopic of implement have syntax rule have purpose place in destroy in access by have access modifier define by be part of has part has definition is partitioned into maintain refer you contain

instance member member Members instance method, instance variable

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

instance variable an object or a primitive the code in its class a class outside of a method giving the data type followed by the name of the variable private to prevent direct access to instance variable - accessor methods should be used instead to protect data abstraction comment if it is non-obvious a class or an object as private as reasonably possible - almost never make an instance variable public an assignment statement member variable object variable Members an attribute or an association
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined the block where it is declared all methods of its class
public
or private
or protected
an instance variable definition an object value Any item of data that is associated with a particular object. part of its object's state join the name of the variable with a dot to the instance variable name.
Example:
variableName.instanceVariableName
only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type

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Subject	refer to	be accessible to	declare anywhere in	declare by	make	have	be a member of	be	initialize by	is a kind of	is a synonym of	is a subtopic of	implement	have syntax rule	have purpose	place in	destroy in	access by	have access modifier	define by	be part of	has part	has definition	is partitioned into	maintain	refer you	contain
instance member										member		Members												instance method, instance variable
member variable	a class or an object or a primitive datum	the code in its class	a class outside of a method	giving the data type followed by the name of the variable		comment if it is non-obvious	a class or an object	as private as possible	an assignment statement	variable	field			bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum		the block where it is declared	other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default	public or private or protected			value		class variable, instance variable			only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type
instance variable	an object or a primitive	the code in its class	a class outside of a method	giving the data type followed by the name of the variable	private to prevent direct access to instance variable - accessor methods should be used instead to protect data abstraction	comment if it is non-obvious	a class or an object	as private as reasonably possible - almost never make an instance variable public	an assignment statement	member variable	object variable	Members	an attribute or an association	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum	a class such that there is no needless duplication of it, and such that it is useful in all the subclasses of the class in which it is defined	the block where it is declared	all methods of its class	public or private or protected	an instance variable definition	an object	value	Any item of data that is associated with a particular object.		part of its object's state	join the name of the variable with a dot to the instance variable name. Example: variableName.instanceVariableName	only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type