Literal (computer programming)

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Object literal (appears to refer to) an expression of data that can be used to create an instance of an object in the declaration. For example, in Java

String[] animals = new String[] {"cat", "dog"};

is an object literal declaration, as opposed to the nol-literal declaration

String[] animals = new String[2];
animals[0] = "cat";
animals[1] = "dog";