Section 16.14 Vocabulary
- member functions or methods:
- A function that is part of a class. They are always called on a particular object of that class.
- encapsulation:
- Tying data and functions that work on that data together into one package.
- UML:
- Unified Modeling Language, a standard way to draw diagrams for software engineering.
- class:
- A user defined data type that encapsulates a collection of data with methods to work with that data.
- class diagram:
- An illustration of the attributes and functions for a class.
- information hiding:
- Limiting access to pieces of data to particular parts of the code. Classes generally use information hiding to prevent other code from directly accessing member variables.
- mutable:
- An object that can be modified at any time. Points and rectangles are mutable by design.
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