Tag: Data field in Java

A field may be either of primitive or reference type . There are eight primitive types: boolean , byte , short , int , long , char , float , and double . A reference type is anything that is a direct or indirect subclass of java. … The syntax for the type name is described in Class. getName() .

Java Class Attributes

Sometimes, the terms “field” and “attribute” are used interchangeably, and for most purposes, they are the same. However, field describes a particular cell in a table found on any row, and attribute describes an entity characteristic in a design sense .