What is a field in java?

Answer 1

A field is an attribute. A field may be a class's variable, an object's variable, an object's method's variable, or a parameter of a function.

class bike{ static int bikes;int gear;int cadence;

void create( int newGear, int newCadence ){bikes = bikes + 1;gear = newGear;

cadence = newCadence;}

int getSpeed(){int speed = gear*cadence*5*3.141;return speed;}}

'bikes' is a class's variable (class variable) (static field).

'gear' and 'cadence' could be an object's variables (instance variables) (non-static fields).

'speed' is an object's method's variable (local variable).

'newGear' and 'newCadence' are parameters of a function (parameters).

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