A method in object-oriented programming (OOP) is a procedure associated with an object, and generally also a message. An object consists of state data...
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In object-oriented programming, a destructor (sometimes abbreviated dtor) is a method which is invoked mechanically just before the memory of the object...
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In computer science, a mutator method is a method used to control changes to a variable. They are also widely known as setter methods. Often a setter is...
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In computer programming, a trait is a language concept that represents a set of methods that can be used to extend the functionality of a class. In object-oriented...
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In class-based, object-oriented programming, a constructor (abbreviation: ctor) is a special type of function called to create an object. It prepares...
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Method overriding, in object-oriented programming, is a language feature that allows a subclass or child class to provide a specific implementation of...
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A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute. It is one component of software, which also...
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In computer programming, a callback is a function that is stored as data (a reference) and designed to be called by another function – often back to the...
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Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of objects. Objects can contain data (called fields, attributes or properties)...
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In object-oriented programming, the factory method pattern is a design pattern that uses factory methods to deal with the problem of creating objects...
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refer to: Scientific method, a series of steps, or collection of methods, taken to acquire knowledge Method (computer programming), a piece of code associated...
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In computer programming, a virtual method table (VMT), virtual function table, virtual call table, dispatch table, vtable, or vftable is a mechanism used...
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Computer programming or coding is the composition of sequences of instructions, called programs, that computers can follow to perform tasks. It involves...
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Role-oriented programming – Programming paradigm based on conceptual understanding of objects Trait (computer programming) – Set of methods that extend...
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Function overloading (redirect from Overload (programming))
In some programming languages, function overloading or method overloading is the ability to create multiple functions of the same name with different...
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this, self, and Me are keywords used in some computer programming languages to refer to the object, class, or other entity which the currently running...
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Dispatch table (category Method (computer programming))
In computer science, a dispatch table is a table of pointers or memory addresses to functions or methods. Use of such a table is a common technique when...
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Asynchrony, in computer programming, refers to the occurrence of events independent of the main program flow and ways to deal with such events. These may...
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Generic function (category Method (computer programming))
In computer programming, a generic function is a function defined for polymorphism. In statically typed languages (such as C++ and Java), the term generic...
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Skeleton programs are utilized in the template method design pattern used in object-oriented programming. In object-oriented programming, dummy code...
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Virtual function (redirect from Virtual method)
programming such as is often used in C++ and Object Pascal, a virtual function or virtual method is an inheritable and overridable function or method...
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Late binding (redirect from Dynamic binding (computer science))
dynamically linking imported code libraries—is a computer programming mechanism in which the method being called upon an object, or the function being...
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programming, the template method is one of the behavioral design patterns identified by Gamma et al. in the book Design Patterns. The template method...
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Encapsulation (computer programming) European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Exception handling Extension Facade - pattern Factory method pattern...
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In object-oriented computer programming, an extension method is a method added to an object after the original object was compiled. The modified object...
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Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) is a comprehensive multi-volume monograph written by the computer scientist Donald Knuth presenting programming algorithms...
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Multiple dispatch (redirect from Multi-methods)
Multiple dispatch or multimethods is a feature of some programming languages in which a function or method can be dynamically dispatched based on the run-time...
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Dynamic dispatch (redirect from Method dispatch)
In computer science, dynamic dispatch is the process of selecting which implementation of a polymorphic operation (method or function) to call at run time...
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Yield (multithreading) (redirect from Yield method)
language C++, introduced in C++11. The Yield method is provided in various object-oriented programming languages with multithreading support, such as...
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object-oriented programming, a class defines the shared aspects of objects created from the class. The capabilities of a class differ between programming languages...
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