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APCS Ch. 2 Vocab

Object-Oriented Programming vocab.

TermDefinition
Encapsulation The process by which one portion of a program is isolated from other portions with access limited to a number of methods.
Class A mechanism used in object-oriented programming to encapsulate a block of code and/or data.
Method The general term used to describe a single service provided by a class.
Interface The collection of all methods provided by a class.
Programming By Contract The idea that interfaces are specified in terms of contracts wherein a class that provides a service agrees to provide particular services for clients provided that the client first provides certain data.
Precondition The stipulations put on the data provided to a method. Unless the stipulations are met, the method is not obligated to correctly function.
Postcondition A description of the results of a method invocation.
Information Hiding The idea that someone who uses a block of code needs to know what the code does, but not how the code does it. Promotes re-usability of code.
Algorithm A step-by-step process for solving a problem.
Inheritance A component of object-oriented programming that permits data, methods, and/or algorithms to be shared among related classes.
Run-time Polymorphism A component of object-oriented programming that causes each object in a system to behave in a specialized manner.
Public A description of data and/or methods that a class provides for use by software from outside of the class.
Private A description of data and/or methods that a class provides for use only within that class.
Protected A description of data and/or methods that that a class provides for use only within itself and any of its subclasses.
Cohesion The degree to which a portion of a program can be viewed as an independent entity that performs a single task.
Coupling The degree to which one portion of a program depends upon how another portion of the program does its job.
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