ENCAPSULATION

• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: OBJECTS = INTERFACE + IMPLEMENTATION
  • INTERFACE: SPECIFICATION OF OPERATIONS THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OBJECT - ONLY VISIBLE PART

  • IMPLEMENTATION: DATA (STATE) + METHODS (OPERATIONS' IMPLEMENTATIONS)
  
  

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Ugo O. Gagliardi
GSD-6306 Spring 2003-2004