Exercises

Now that you understand an object's life cycle, it is time to spend some time in JShell creating new classes and instances.

Exercise 1

1. Create a new Student class with a constructor that requires two String arguments: firstName and lastName. Use the arguments to initialize fields with the same names as the arguments. Display a message with the values for firstName and lastName when an instance of the class is created.

2. Create an instance of the Student class and assign it to a variable. Check the messages printed in JShell.

3. Create an instance of the Student class and assign it to a variable. Check the messages printed in JShell.

Exercise 2

1. Create a function that receives two String arguments: firstName and lastName. Create an instance of the previously defined Student class with the received arguments as parameters for the creation of the instance. Use the instance properties to print a message with the first name followed by a space and the last name. You will be able to create a method...