A Tiny Example

class HelloObject
{
  // method definition
  void speak()
  {
    System.out.println("Hello from an object!");
  }
}

class HelloTester
{
  public static void main ( String[] args )
  {
    HelloObject anObject = new HelloObject();
    
    anObject.speak();
  }
}

Above is a complete program which includes two class definitions. The definition of class HelloObject includes a method but no instance variables, so objects of class HelloObject have no instance variables. The class does have a constructor but it is not explicitly defined in the code (this will be discussed further).

The definition of class HelloTester contains only the static main() method. When the main() method starts, it constructs a HelloObject and then invokes that object's speak() method.

Remember that name of the file must match the name of the class that contains the main() method. (Also remember that upper and lower case are important both in the file name and in the class name.) Here is an example run:

C:/>javac HelloTester.java
C:/>java HelloTester
Hello from an object!
C:/>