Data Structures and Algorithms
with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java 
A Java class encapsulates a set of values and a set of operations. The values are represented by the fields of the class and the operations by the methods of the class. In Java a class definition introduces a new type. The instances of a class type are called objects.
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