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string constant
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string constantis a subtopic of Constants2001-10-19 11:37:59.0
is a subtopic of Strings2001-10-19 11:37:59.0
is defined by placing it in double quotes    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:59.0
is a kind of constantsource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:59.0
constantcan be referenced without the existence of an instance of a class2001-10-19 11:36:31.0
has lifetime longer than the existence of an instance of the class2001-10-19 11:36:31.0
has name a constant name2001-10-19 11:36:31.0
to declare you use the 'final' keyword2001-10-19 11:36:31.0
variablecan be accessed by other variables and methods in any class in the same package by default    2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can contain different classes of objects depending on the type of the variable2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can contain only values that are of the same type as the variable or a subtype of the variable's type2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can have an interface as its type which means that, with the variable, you can invoke any operation supported by the interface    2001-10-19 11:38:12.0
can refer to a particular object, several different objects during the execution of a program, or no object at all    2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has 1 value at any one time which is the that it refers to2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has 1 name2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has scope which is the block in which it is declared2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has type    2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has lifetime which is the time its block is being executed2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has purpose to refer to an object or a class or a primitive datum2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has scope2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
has part value2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
is declared by giving the data type followed by the name of the variable    2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
is destroyed in the block where it is declared2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
may have access modifier 2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
refers to a class or an object or a primitive datum2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
should be as private as possible2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
should have comment if it is non-obvious2001-10-19 11:38:13.0
access unithas access mode2001-10-19 11:35:59.0
syntactic unithas syntax rule
bold = mandatory
italic = non-terminal
normal font = optional
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