Question

Whenever we talk about objects we have instances, methods : functions : behavior, member variable: state, like so many interchangeable words. but for “Class” till now i didnt see people who have used some other word. So is there any other word in java which can be used(or in use)(dont tell any English synonym) which i can use. while explaining my code.

EDIT: Dont invent looking at this question it should be in use which i might not know

Answer 1

The concept of class is related to ‘universal’ and all that logic (abstraction/universal against instantiation/particular) comes from Aristotle (derived from Plato) philosophy. The OOP seems to take concepts from that filosophy.
The question for me is very relevant. Here is a link from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle#Universals_and_particulars), and if you read this resume you could understand the relations between Aristotle philosophy and OOP.

Aristotle disagreed with Plato on this point, arguing that all universals are instantiated. Aristotle argued that there are no universals that are unattached to existing things. According to Aristotle, if a universal exists, either as a particular or a relation, then there must have been, must be currently, or must be in the future, something on which the universal can be predicated. Consequently, according to Aristotle, if it is not the case that some universal can be predicated to an object that exists at some period of time, then it does not exist.

Cool ah?

I hope it helps…