Class Encapsulation
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Class Encapsulation is the most commonly used form of [[Encapsulation]] in modern programming languages. Objects are encapsulated by their underlying objects. This means that: | Class Encapsulation is the most commonly used form of [[Encapsulation]] in modern programming languages. Objects are encapsulated by their underlying objects. This means that: | ||
* Objects can see/modify the contents of any other objects that are instances of the same class. | * Objects can see/modify the contents of any other objects that are instances of the same class. | ||
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* Objects cannot see/modify the contents of any other objects. | * Objects cannot see/modify the contents of any other objects. | ||
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* [[Encapsulation boundary]] | * [[Encapsulation boundary]] | ||
* [[Object Encapsulation]] | * [[Object Encapsulation]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 25 November 2010
Class Encapsulation is the most commonly used form of Encapsulation in modern programming languages. Objects are encapsulated by their underlying objects. This means that:
- Objects can see/modify the contents of any other objects that are instances of the same class.
- Objects cannot necessarily see/modify the contents of their superclass (this is language specific; for example it can be allowed in Java by using protected access)
- Objects cannot see/modify the contents of any other objects.
This type of Encapsulation exists in contrast to Object Encapsulation.
Usage
This, or a modified form of, is the encapsulation technique of languages such as C++, C#, Java and Python.
