Java Eclipse Newbie(FNG)?

[Justwondering]

Here is an example:

public class Animal{
//constructor
//properties
//methods
}

The above is just a blueprint.
In another class you might make an instance of the Animal, or an object:

Animal myPet = new Animal();

The object is called myAnimal. It is a reference to an Animal class.

Let's try to think of some properties and methods that would go in Animal. Then we will write the Animal class in this thread.

I wrote this:

public class Dog extends Animal;

public void makeNoise() System.out.println("roof roof!");

come to find out this is a sub class. Just having a little trouble grasping this object orientated.

What I wanted to do first is write methods inside Animal. Can someone give me an example?