PPT Slide

Java Data Structures

Thus, to create what is logically a record, define a class (ala a type), specifying both:

the data fields of the record

all the methods that can act upon those data.

Because we can use a class to encapsulate

both the data and the methods associated

with the what would be a record, there is no

need for a record construct.

Java doesn’t need a record construct

Java doesn’t have a record construct.

Instead, one implements records

(with methods) as a class.

In Java, any data structure that is not a primitive must be an object of some class.