variables are called instance variables because they are created whenever an object of the class is instantiated.

i am new to java and also to the programming world at large.

Data is encapsulated in a class by placing data fields inside the body of the class definition. These variables are called instance variables because they are created whenever an object of the class is instantiated.

This is the notes I was given relating to instance variables.

In this notes, what I could not understand is this

These variables are called instance variables because they are created whenever an object of the class is instantiated.

How is it that they are created whenever an object of the class is instantiated.

Please explain this concept with examples in details

thanks What I could not understand is this Created concept.

Could you please explain this in detail that is this Created concept

View Answers

May 27, 2011 at 4:57 PM

Instance variables are any variables, without "static" field modifier, that are defined within the class body and outside any class's methods body.

For more information, visit the following link:

Java Instance Variables

May 27, 2011 at 4:59 PM

An instance variable is a variable which is related to a single instance of a class. Each time an instance of a class is created, the system creates one copy of the instance variables related to that class.

variables are **called instance variables because they are created** whenever an object of the class is instantiated.

Questions by Category

variables are called instance variables because they are created whenever an object of the class is instantiated.