Tenets of Java

Tenets of Java

• Code in Java must be encapsulated in classes.

• There are two kinds of values in Java: object references and atomic values of primitive types.

• References denote objects that are created from classes.

• Objects can only be manipulated via references.

• Objects in Java cannot contain other objects; they can only have references to other objects.

• Deletion of objects is managed by the runtime system.