Java object

Java provides a class with name Class in java. lang package . Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application. The primitive Java types (boolean, byte, char, short, int, long, float, and double), and the keyword void are also represented as Class objects.

A class — in the context of Java — is a template used to create objects and to define object data types and methods . Classes are categories, and objects are items within each category. All class objects should have the basic class properties.