List of object-oriented programming terms

This is a list of terms found in object-oriented programming. Some are related to object-oriented programming and some are not.

A

• Abstract class
• Accessibility
• Abstract method
• Abstraction (computer science)
• Access control
• Access modifiers
• Accessor method
• Adapter pattern
• Allocated class
• Aspect-oriented

B

• Bridge pattern
• Builder pattern
• Base class

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

E

• Early binding
• Eigenclass
• Encapsulation (computer science)
• European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
• Exception handling
• Extension
• Dynamically Initialized Constructor
• Default Constructor

F

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

G

• Generic Programming

H

• Heap-based memory allocation
• Helper class
• Hybrid language

I

• Immutable object (also called immutable value)
• Information hiding
• Inheritance
• Initialize
• Inline function
• Inner class
• Instance
• Instance method
• Instance variable (also called data member)
• Interaction diagram
• Interface (Java)
• Inversion of control
• Iterator

J

K

L

• Late binding
• Liskov substitution principle

M

• Member accessibility
• Members, any contents of a class: Attributes, Methods and Inner classes
• Message passing
• Message selector (also called method selector)
• Metaclass
• Metaprogramming
• Method designator
• Method lookup
• Mixin
• Mock object
• Model–view–controller
• Modular programming
• Multiple dispatch
• Multiple inheritance
• Multitier architecture
• Mutable variable
• Mutator method

O

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

P

• package
• Parametric overloading
• Parameterized classes
• Parnas's principles
• Partial class
• Patterns
• Persistent object
• Policy-based design
• Polymorphic
• Primitive data type
• private, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming
• Programming paradigm
• protected, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming
• Protocol
• Prototype pattern
• Prototype-based programming
• Pseudo-variable
• public, a way of encapsulation in object-oriented programming
• Pure polymorphism
• Pure virtual function (also called pure virtual method)

Q

R

• Rapid prototyping (rapid application development)
• Recursion
• Reference variable
• Refinement
• Reflection
• Responsibility-driven design
• Reverse polymorphism
• Run-time type information

S

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

T

• Tiers
• Template method pattern
• Test-driven development
• Trait
• Type
• Type conversion (also called typecasting)

U

V

• Verb: to program to (see discussion)
• Virtual class
• Virtual function (also called virtual method)
• Virtual function pointer (also called virtual method pointer)
• Virtual inheritance (Object Oriented Programming)
• Virtual method table (also called vtable, virtual function table or virtual method table)
• Viscosity (programming)

W

• Weak reference

X

Y

• Yo-yo problem

Z