What does a return type of class return?-CodePudding

Suppose I have a class called Practice.

public class Practice 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        test x= new test();
        System.out.println(x.testFunction());
    }

}

And another class called Test

class Test 
{
    public Practice testFunction()
    {
        return xxxx;
    }
}

So since the return type is of class Practice, what could I replace xxxx with. Like suppose the return type is int, so I am supposed to return a number, when the return type is string, I am supposed to return a sentence. So when the return type is a class, what does it actually return.

CodePudding user response：

The return type would be an Object of type Practice. Or in other words, an instance of the class Practice.

Normally, you would create such an instance by using a constructor.

E.g. using the default constructor: return new Practice();

CodePudding user response：

Ideally an object of that specific class like this :

class Test 
{
    public Practice testFunction()
    {
        return new Practice();
    }
}