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Purpose:

To create an instance of a class and call the constructor for that instance.

Mechanics:

<variable name> = new <class name>();

Example:

Shape circle;

circle = new Shape();

Usage:

• <variable name> is a variable or parameter of the same type as <class name>.
• When executed, Java will create an new instance of <class name> and call the constructor for the <class name> on the new instance. A reference to the new object is stored in <variable name>.
• Note that new is a function, so it can be the initial value assigned to a variable at declaration. In other words, you can say:

  


  Shape circle = new Shape();