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Attributes
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Taxonomy
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Class-based programming
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Inter-class relationships
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Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
- Programming Computer programming
- Syntactic Syntax (programming languages)
- Objects Object (computer science)
- Programming languages Programming language
- Variables Variable (high-level programming language)
- Methods Method (computer programming)
- Inheritance Inheritance (object-oriented programming)
- Java Java (programming language)
- C# C Sharp (programming language)
- Top type
- Superset
- Subset relations Subset
- Object-oriented modeling
- UML Unified Modeling Language
- Get and set methods Mutator method
- Semantic web
- Web Ontology Language (OWL) Web Ontology Language
- Meta-object protocols Meta-object protocol
- Object-based language
- Classic Visual Basic
History
- Object-oriented programming
- Simula
- Block Block (programming)
- ALGOL 68
Attributes
- Instance Instance (computer science)
- Reference Reference (computer science)
- Constructor Constructor (object-oriented programming)
- Destructor Destructor (computer programming)
- Data type
- Member function
- Data structure
- Interface Protocol (object-oriented programming)
- Abstract Abstract type
- Data Data (computing)
- Fields Field (computer science)
- Properties Property (programming)
- Members Member variable
- Attributes Attribute (computing)
- Python Python (programming language)
- Invariants Class invariant
- Encapsulation Encapsulation (object-oriented programming)
- Subroutines Subroutine
- Access specifiers Class (programming)
- Access specifiers
- Semantics Semantics (programming languages)
- Accessor methods Accessor method
- Type system
- Compile time
- Runtime Runtime (program lifecycle phase)
- C++
- Ruby Ruby (programming language)
- Friend function
- Java package Java syntax
Inter-class relationships
- Has-a
- Lifetime Object lifetime
- String String (computer science)
- Is-a
- Override Method overriding
- Directed acyclic graph
- Tree Tree (graph theory)
- Association Association (object-oriented programming)
- Layers Layer (object-oriented design)
- Object-oriented analysis Object-oriented analysis and design
- Unified Modelling Language
Taxonomy
- Abstract methods Abstract method
- Virtual methods Virtual method
- Signatures Type signature
- PHP
- Reserved word
- Interface Interface (Java)
- Multiple inheritance
- Scopes Scope (programming)
- Inner class
- Typedef
- Static variables Static variable
- Automatic variables Automatic variable
- Design pattern Design pattern (computer science)
- Frameworks Software framework
- Smalltalk
- Common Lisp Object System
- Metaobject protocols Metaobject
- Kotlin
- Executable program
- Objective-C categories Objective-C
- Mixins Mixin
- Source-code Source code
- Code generators Automatic programming
- Visual designers Visual designer
- Precompilation
- Editor Source code editor
- Separation of concerns
- Aspect-oriented programming
- .NET framework 2 .NET Framework
- Microsoft
Runtime representation
- Prototype Prototype-based programming
- Factory Factory method pattern
- Reflective programming
- Run-time type information
Class-based programming
- State State (computer science)
- Behavior
- Methods Method (computer science)
- Identity Identity (object-oriented programming)
- Syntactic
- Blueprint
- Instance Instantiation (computer science)
- Encapsulation Information hiding
- Invariants Invariant (computer science)
- Cohesion Cohesion (computer science)
- Typed languages Typed language
- Child class Subclass (computer science)
- Subtyping
- Collection Collection class
- Liskov substitution principle
- Barbara Liskov
- Jeannette Wing
- Parent class
Advanced semantic analysis
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.Class (programming)
Nodes127
Edges126
Triples13
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1
How this topic connects Entity context
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Important terminology Word statistics
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Important terminology
class classes methods languages object objects interface example inheritance may language programming data structure code access state instance abstract also
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eiffel support specification of invariants as part of the definition of the class | instance of | objects in Python use associative key-value containers.Some programming languages | 0.80 | text |
| and enforce them through the type system | instance of | objects in Python use associative key-value containers.Some programming languages | 0.80 | text |
| UML include capabilities to model various aspects of | instance of | Object modeling languages | 0.80 | text |
| Flavors | instance of | while some systems | 0.80 | text |
| CLOS provide a capability for more than one parent to do so at run time introduces complexity that many in the object-oriented community consider antithetical to the goals of using object classes in the first place | instance of | while some systems | 0.80 | text |
| Smalltalk | instance of | If used carelessly this feature can introduce some of the same system complexity and ambiguity classes were designed to avoid.Most modern object-oriented languages | 0.80 | text |
| Java require single inheritance at run time | instance of | If used carelessly this feature can introduce some of the same system complexity and ambiguity classes were designed to avoid.Most modern object-oriented languages | 0.80 | text |
| the Web Ontology Language | instance of | The volatility of the Internet requires this level of flexibility and the technology standards | 0.80 | text |
| Flavors | instance of | Languages | 0.80 | text |
| CLOS | instance of | Languages | 0.80 | text |
| and Smalltalk all support this feature as part of their meta-object protocols | instance of | Languages | 0.80 | text |
| Java | instance of | Other languages that focus more on strong typing | 0.80 | text |
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
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