Class Class defines the type of an object the kinds of operations that it performs a Java class uses variables to define data fields and methods to define behaviors a class provides a special type of methods known as constructors which are invoked to construct objects from the class12 Class • Class defines • the type of an object • the kinds of operations that it performs. • A Java class uses variables to define data fields and methods to define behaviors. • A class provides a special type of methods, • known as constructors, which are invoked to construct objects from the class