Question on class

[kashyapkeshav]

Hi all ,

i have started learning JAVA i have one basic question plz clarify this and help me understand.
Question :
In the program has only one class but whats the necessity od creating an instance of dat class ?
is it mandatory to create the instance of a class to access them ?

please help..

public class Dog {
String name;
public static void main(String[] args){
Dog dog1=new Dog();
dog1.bark();
dog1.name="bart";

//making a dog array

Dog[] mydogs=new Dog[3];
mydogs[0]=new Dog();
mydogs[1]=new Dog();
mydogs[2]=new Dog();

mydogs[0].name="fred";
mydogs[0].name="Boss";
System.out.println("last dog name is ");
System.out.println(mydogs[2].name);

int x=0;
while(x<mydogs.length){
mydogs[x].bark();
x=x+1;


}


}
private void bark() {
System.out.println("---------");

}
}

[DarrylBurke]

Don't you read the responses posted in threads you start?
EDITOR Doesnt contain main type error

db

[kashyapkeshav]

Darry,

Program has a main function , so no question of this error coming up.

Am looking for a reason why there was an instance created to access the members of the same class ..i just wanna kow the purpose if any specific ?
public class Dog {
String name;
public static void main(String[] args){
Dog dog1=new Dog();
dog1.bark();
dog1.name="bart";

thanks
keshav

[Fubarable]

Please read Darryl's links, especially the one on how to use code tags. Most here appreciate it if you put in the effort to make it easy to read your code, and this will likely get you better answers quicker.

[Tolls]

Java is an object oriented language.
So it is built with the idea of objects in mind...
There's not really much more that can be said about it.