Chapter 8. Classes

8.1. Class Declarations

8.1.1. Class Modifiers

8.1.1.1. abstract Classes

8.1.1.2. final Classes

8.1.1.3. strictfp Classes

8.1.2. Generic Classes and Type Parameters

8.1.3. Inner Classes and Enclosing Instances

8.1.4. Superclasses and Subclasses

8.1.5. Superinterfaces

8.1.6. Class Body and Member Declarations

8.2. Class Members

8.3. Field Declarations

8.3.1. Field Modifiers

8.3.1.1. static Fields

8.3.1.2. final Fields

8.3.1.3. transient Fields

8.3.1.4. volatile Fields

8.3.2. Field Initialization

8.3.3. Forward References During Field Initialization

8.4. Method Declarations

8.4.1. Formal Parameters

8.4.2. Method Signature

8.4.3. Method Modifiers

8.4.3.1. abstract Methods

8.4.3.2. static Methods

8.4.3.3. final Methods

8.4.3.4. native Methods

8.4.3.5. strictfp Methods

8.4.3.6. synchronized Methods

8.4.4. Generic Methods

8.4.5. Method Result

8.4.6. Method Throws

8.4.7. Method Body

8.4.8. Inheritance, Overriding, and Hiding

8.4.8.1. Overriding (by Instance Methods)

8.4.8.2. Hiding (by Class Methods)

8.4.8.3. Requirements in Overriding and Hiding

8.4.8.4. Inheriting Methods with Override-Equivalent Signatures

8.4.9. Overloading

8.5. Member Type Declarations

8.5.1. Static Member Type Declarations

8.6. Instance Initializers

8.7. Static Initializers

8.8. Constructor Declarations

8.8.1. Formal Parameters

8.8.2. Constructor Signature

8.8.3. Constructor Modifiers

8.8.4. Generic Constructors

8.8.5. Constructor Throws

8.8.6. The Type of a Constructor

8.8.7. Constructor Body

8.8.7.1. Explicit Constructor Invocations

8.8.8. Constructor Overloading

8.8.9. Default Constructor

8.8.10. Preventing Instantiation of a Class

8.9. Enum Types

8.9.1. Enum Constants

8.9.2. Enum Body Declarations

8.9.3. Enum Members