Week 9 note (Object Oriented Programming)

Question 1

A language that is object-oriented must provide support for 3 key language features:

Answer 1

abstract data types, inheritance, and a special type of dynamic binding.

Question 2

Inheritance offers a solution

Answer 2

the modification problem posed by data type reuse and the program organization problem.

Question 3

derived class or subclass

Answer 3

A class that is defined through inheritance from another class

Question 4

parent class or superclass

Answer 4

A class form which the new class is derived

Question 5

methods?

Answer 5

The subprograms that define the operations on objects of a class

Question 6

virtual class.

Answer 6

Any class that includes at least one virtual method