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This is a list of terms found in object-oriented programming.
A
[edit]- Abstract class
- Accessibility
- Abstract method
- Abstraction (computer science)
- Access control
- Access modifiers
- Accessor method
- Adapter pattern
- Aspect-oriented
B
[edit]C
[edit]- Cast
- Chain-of-responsibility pattern
- Class
- Class hierarchy
- Class method
- Class object
- Class variable
- Cohesion
- Collection class
- Composition
- Constructor
- Container
- Contravariance
- Copy constructor
- Coupling
- Covariance
D
[edit]- Data-driven design
- Data hiding
- Default constructor
- Deep copy
- Delegation
- Dependency injection
- Destructor
- Dispatch table
- Dynamic binding
- Dynamic dispatch
- Dynamically typed language
E
[edit]- Early binding
- Eigenclass
- Encapsulation (computer programming)
- European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
- Exception handling
- Extension
F
[edit]- Facade - pattern
- Factory method pattern
- Factory object
- Factory pattern
- Field
- Finalizer
- First-class function
- Fragile base class
- Function composition
G
[edit]H
[edit]I
[edit]- Immutable object (also called immutable value)
- Information hiding
- Inheritance
- Initialize
- Inline function
- Inner class
- Instance (computer science)
- Instance method
- Instance variable (also called data member)
- Interaction diagram
- Interface
- Inversion of control (IoC)
- Iterator
L
[edit]M
[edit]- Member accessibility
- Members, any contents of a class: Attributes, Methods, and Inner classes
- Message passing
- Metaclass
- Metaprogramming
- Method (computer programming)
- Mixin
- Mock object
- Model–view–controller (MVC)
- Modular programming
- Multiple dispatch
- Multiple inheritance
- Multitier architecture
- Mutable variable
- Mutator method
N
[edit]O
[edit]- Object (computer science)
- Object type
- OOPSLA – annual conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications
- Open/closed principle
- Orthogonality
- Overload
P
[edit]- Package
- Parametric overloading
- Parameterized classes
- Parnas's principles
- Partial class
- Patterns
- Policy-based design
- Polymorphic
- Primitive data type
private
, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming- Programming paradigm
protected
, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming- Protocol
- Prototype pattern
- Prototype-based programming
public
, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming- Pure polymorphism
- Pure virtual function (also called pure virtual method)
R
[edit]- Rapid application development (sometimes Rapid prototyping)
- Recursion
- Refinement
- Reflective programming (reflection)
- Responsibility-driven design
- Reverse polymorphism
- Run-time type information
S
[edit]- Scope
- Shallow copy, in contrast to deep copy
- Single responsibility principle
- Singleton pattern
- Singly rooted hierarchy
- Slicing
- Specification class, a class implementing abstract class
- Stack-based memory allocation
- Static method
- Static typing, in contrast to dynamic typing
- Strong and weak typing
- Subclass (also called child class or derived class)
- Subclass coupling
- SOLID
- Substitutability, principle of
- Subtype
- Superclass (also called parent class or base class)
T
[edit]- Tiers
- Template method pattern
- Test-driven development
- Trait
- Type
- Type conversion (also called typecasting)
V
[edit]- Virtual class
- Virtual function (also called virtual method)
- Virtual function pointer (also called virtual method pointer)
- Virtual inheritance (Object Oriented Programming)
- Virtual method table (also called vtable, virtual function table or virtual method table)
- Viscosity (programming)
- Void type