Lecture 2
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methods : how an object behaves
•BankAccount has several methods:
•deposit (int amount) // line 47
–add amount to current balance, changing value of balance field
•getBalance( )  // line 58
–tell whoever sent the message how much money is in this account (value of balance field)
–balance does not change
–the empty parentheses tell us this method needs no information from the sender to do its job
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