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## Lecture 1 (11:00) - Class Definitions
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- String is capitalised due to it being a class.
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### Scope
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- Parameter can only be accessed from the body of the method in which it is declared. We can say its **scope** is restricted to the body of the method.
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- The scope of a field variable is the body of the class it is declared in.
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### Lifetime and Accessor Methods
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- Lifetime of a parameter of a method is the duration of a particular call to a method.
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- Value is lost when call completed
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- Lifetime of an objects field variable is the lifetime of the object itself
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- Accessor method allows access to the value of a field without changing the state of an object
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