Coupling

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-== Coupling ==
+#REDIRECT [[Coupling and cohesion]]
-Coupling refers to the degree of direct knowledge that one class has of another. This is not meant to be interpreted as encapsulation vs. non-encapsulation. It is not a reference to one class's knowledge of another class's attributes or implementation, but rather knowledge of that other class itself.
-Strong coupling occurs when a dependent class contains a pointer directly to a concrete class which provides the required behavior. Loose coupling occurs when the dependent class contains a pointer only to an interface, which can then be implemented by one or many concrete classes. Loose coupling provides extensibility to your design. You can easily add a new concrete class later that implements that same interface without ever having to modify and recompile the dependent class. Strong coupling does not allow this.
-== Other places for information on Coupling ==
-* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(computer_science)|Wikipedia : Coupling]]