Java isnt Pure object oriented

Hi,

I have heard that java isnt pure object oriented

Why is that so???

Tx

Because it supports types that are not pure objects, such as the eight primitive types (boolean, byte, char, short, int, long, float, double).

Thank you..

Is that the only reason..??


Regards

Why does it worry you?

Java support fully object-oriented programming. This is the important point.

The reason people say Java is not fully object-oriented is because of the inclusion of primitive types and not because of the exclusion of Object variants of primitive types. Therefore Java is fully OO, plus it has support for primitive types.

I do not know why Sun included primitive types but even if it was only to ease the learning curve for C programmers then I think the decision was a good one and is not to the detriment of Java.

Hi,

So we can conclude that Java is a pure OO language +

it has the feature of having its primitive types in both

ways - object(Integer,etc..) as well as non-objects(int,etc.)

Am i right??

Regards

So we can conclude that Java is a pure OO language +

it has the feature of having its primitive types in both

ways - object(Integer,etc..) as well as non-objects(int,etc.)

Am i right??

It's subject to your interpretation. The term "pure OO language" is overloaded.

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