PezDispenser dispenser = new PezDispenser(); explanation

Hi Richard,

In this code you are creating an instance of type PezDispenser. You have the PezDispenser class and you want to use it as a structure of the dispenser object. I look at it in this way: as if you are creating a string variable. you want to create a new variable with specific structure that is been defined in PezDispenser class. "PezDispenser dispenser " this part we are just referencing to the PezDispenser class, but we still do not have created the object. in order to create that we use "new PezDispenser()". The dispenser object needs to be assign to the PezDispenser class before we use it.

Hi Richard Gagain

In addition to fatima Tavakoli explanation imagine instead of PezDispenser you have a Car class and you want to create various instances (in this case Car Models) of Car Class. You will do something like this:

Car mercedes = new Car();
Car toyota = new Car();
Car lamborghini = new Car();

*Class Car * provides the blueprint for other Car objects . mercedes, toyota and lamborgini are all instances of the Car Class.

The new keyword is used to instantiate the Car object.

Car() refers to the Car Class constructor; in this case the Car class constructor is empty and doesn't take paramenters.

All these also applies to PezDispenser class