An object
The static modifier tells the system that this particular variable belongs to the class and does not belong to any specific instance of the same. The class will contain only one instance of the static variable irrespective of how many objects of the class you create.
The main difference between the class variable and Instance variable is, first time, when class is loaded in to memory, then only memory is allocated for all class variables. Usually static variables are called class variables. These variables are available throughout the execution of the application and the values are common to the class. You can access them directly without creating an object of the class. Instance variables are normal variables declared in a class, that would get initialized when you create an instance of the class. Every instance of the class would have a copy of the variable and you need a class instance (object) to access these variables
Specific instance of a class is called object of that class.
One can have an instance of a class or a particular object. The instance is the actual object created at runtime. In programmer jargon, the Lassie object is an instance of the Dog class. The set of values of the attributes of a particular object is called its state. The object consists of state and the behaviour that's defined in the object's class.
Instance refers to one item of a particular type. for ex: you are one instance of a human, similarly I am one instance of human. An instance in object oriented terms refers to one item of a particular object type.
It means create an object for a class. Instance refers to the obj of a class.
I have no idea. Was going to ask you the same question...An instance method represent the behavior of an object
These are normal variables declared within a class that are attached to an object instance of a class.
A "static" method belongs to the class, not to any particular instance. So make it static method.
Usually Private is the preferred access modifier for instance variables. Benefits: 1. No other class can access this variable directly. They can do only through the getter/setter methods 2. Only the methods in that particular class can use this variable
An object is an INSTANCE of a class. Human is a class, while YOU are a person, an instance of Human class, but YOU do not represent the entire human class. Or, a class provides the abstraction, and an object is a typical example of that abstraction. Classes provide a blue print to build a real instance of an object.
class is template of object and object is instance of a class