- The term "instance variable" is another name for ___.
- The term "class variable" is another name for ___.
- A local variable stores temporary state; it is declared inside a ___.
- A variable declared within the opening and closing parenthesis of a method signature called a ____.
- What are the eight primitive data types supported by the Java programming language?
- Character strings are represented by the class ___.
- An ___ is a container object that holds a fixed number of values of a single type.
Check your answers
- Create a small program that defines some fields. Try creating some illegal field names and see what kind of error the compiler produces. Use the naming rules and conventions as a guide.
- In the program you created in Exercise 1, try leaving the fields uninitialized and print out their values. Try the same with a local variable and see what kind of compiler errors you can produce. Becoming familiar with common compiler errors will make it easier to recognize bugs in your code.