List of object-oriented programming terms

A

• Abstract class (also called deferred class)
• Abstract method
• Abstraction (computer science)
• Access control
• Accessor method
• Allocated class
• Automatic storage management

B

• Binding
• Bridge pattern
• Builder pattern

C

• Cascaded message
• Cast
• Chain of Responsibility Pattern
• Class
• Class hierarchy
• Class method
• Class object
• Cohesion
• Collaborator
• Collection class
• Composition
• Constructor
• Container (data structure)
• Contravariance
• Copy constructor
• Coupling
• Covariance

D

• Data hiding
• Default constructor
• Deep copy
• Delegation
• Dependency injection
• Destructor
• Dispatch table
• Dynamic binding (also called Late Binding)
• Dynamic class
• Dynamic dispatch
• Dynamically typed language
• Dynamic variable

E

• Early binding
• ECOOP
• Encapsulation
• Exception

F

• Facade - pattern
• Factory method
• Factory object
• Factory Pattern
• Finalizer
• First-class function
• Fragile base class
• Function composition

G

• Generic method
• Gatekeeper

H

• Heap-based memory allocation
• Hybrid language

I

• Immutable object (also called immutable value)
• Information hiding
• Inheritance
• Initialize
• In-line function
• Inner class
• Instance
• Instance method
• Instance variable (also called data member)
• Interaction diagram
• Interface (computer science)
• Inversion of Control (also called dependency injection)
• Iterator

J

K

L

• Late binding
• Liskov substitution principle

M

• Message
• Message selector (also called method selector)
• Metaclass
• Metaprogramming
• Method designator
• Method lookup
• Mixin
• Mock object
• Model-view-controller - pattern
• Modularity
• Multiple dispatch
• Multiple inheritance
• Mutator method
• Mutable variable

N

• Name mangling
• Namespace
• Native method
• Nested class

O

• Object
• Object hierarchy
• Object type
• OOPSLA – annual conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems Language and Application
• Open/closed principle
• Overload
• Orthogonality

P

• Patterns
• Paradigm
• Parametric overloading
• Parameterized classes
• Parnas's principles
• Persistent object
• Policy-based design
• Polymorphic
• Primitive
• Verb: to program to (see discussion)
• Protocol
• Prototype
• Pseudo-variable
• Pure polymorphism
• Pure virtual function (also called pure virtual method)
• Partial Class

Q

R

• Rapid prototyping
• Reference variable
• Refinement
• Reflection
• Responsibility-driven design
• Reverse polymorphism
• Runtime Type Information

S

• Scope
• Shadowed name
• Single-assignment variable
• Singly-rooted hierarchy
• Slicing
• Specification class, a class implementing abstract class
• Stack-based memory allocation
• Shallow copy, as opposed to Deep copy
• Single Responsibility Principle
• Static method
• Statically typed language, as opposed to Dynamically typed language
• Strongly typed language
• Subclass (also called child class or derived class)
• Subclass coupling
• Principle of substitutability
• Subtype
• Superclass (also called parent class or base class)

T

• Three-tier
• Template method pattern
• Type
• Type conversion (also called Typecasting)

U

V

• Virtual function (also called virtual method)
• Virtual function pointer (also called virtual method pointer)
• Virtual table (also called vtable, virtual function table or virtual method table)
• Virtual inheritance (Object Oriented Programming)
• Virtual class

W

• Weak reference

X

Y

• Yo-yo problem

Z