Object-Oriented Programming

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  • Overview of Object-Oriented Programming

    Examples: University Information System, Telephone Calls (e.g., Figure 0-5 of text; however, this is really not general. How would we encorporate busy lines? call waiting?)

    Key Terminology

  • Object
    (See Fig 0-6 of text)
  • Variables (a.k.a., attributes, state information)
  • Methods (a.k.a., behaviors, actions)

  • Messages (i.e., "calling a method")
  • Parameters
  • Return Values

  • Class
    (See Fig 0-6 of text)

  • Class Hierarchy
    (See Fig 0-10, Fig 0-12 of text)
  • Subclass
  • Superclass
  • Inheritence

  • Polymorphism
    (See Fig 0-14, Fig 0-15 of text)
  • Overriding a Method
    • Michael Goldwasser
    Last modified: Wednesday, 14 January 2004