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Is java a pure OOP ?

java follows all the OOP concepts. Is it true that java is pure OOP ?

12th Jun 2017, 9:56 PM
Himanshu Sharma
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Yea... Java is strictly an "object-oriented paradigm" programing language. But, more than OOP, Java is "multi-paradigm", as it supports imperative, functional, and concurrent paradigms also. ^-^
12th Jun 2017, 10:08 PM
Femyk
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I think pure OOP means that everything is an object. But Java has primitive data types like int, double, float, etc. that are not objects. So I would say no, Java is not pure OOP
12th Jun 2017, 10:12 PM
Eligijus Silkartas
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Java uses Primitive datatypes which are not objects and to be a pure OOP everything must be in objects. so I don't think java is pure OOP.
12th Jun 2017, 10:13 PM
Himanshu Sharma
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of course !
12th Jun 2017, 10:04 PM
Junior Ngangeli Mbo
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@x86asm Java has wrapper classes. So we can use Integer, Float etc. instead of int, float etc.
12th Jun 2017, 10:18 PM
Himanshu Sharma
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Not according to some definitions but Smalltalk for example is.
28th Aug 2019, 7:40 AM
Sonic
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Java uses primitive data types and hence is not a pure object oriented language.
28th Aug 2019, 9:31 AM
PRANTIK KUMAR PATRA
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