Object Oriented Programming

Anonymous Class in Java

Anonymous classes are used to declare and instantiate a class all at once.

Syntax

className objectName = new className() {
    //class members
}

Notes

Typically, this is used to make code more concise.

Example

//assuming there is a car class already

Car mercedes = new Car() {
    private String origin = "Germany";
    
    public void sayOrigin() {
        System.out.println(origin);
    }
}

See Also

Java Tutorial - Anonymous Class