< Java Programming < Keywords

class is a Java keyword which begins the declaration and definition of a class.

The general syntax of a class declaration, using Extended Backus-Naur Form, is

class-declaration ::= [access-modifiers] class identifier
                      [extends-clause] [implements-clause] 
                      class-body

extends-clause ::= extends class-name
implements-clause ::= implements interface-names 
interface-names ::= interface-name [, interface-names]
class-body ::= { [member-declarations] }
member-declarations = member-declaration [member-declarations]
member-declaration = field-declaration 
                     | initializer 
                     | constructor 
                     | method-declaration
                     | class-declaration

The extends word is optional. If omitted, the class extends the Object class, as all Java classes inherit from it.

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