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Most programming languages have data types. Java has several data types. The first characteristic of a data type is whether it’s a primitive or an object. Anything that’s not a primitive is an object of some sort.

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Bryant, J. (2012). Data Types. In: Java 7 for Absolute Beginners. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-3687-0_3

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