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A method call is also known as ''[[message passing]]''. It is conceptualized as a message (the name of the method and its input parameters) being passed to the object for dispatch.
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Encapsulation is a design pattern in which data are visible only to semantically related functions, so as to prevent misuse. The success of data encapsulation leads to frequent incorporation of [[Information hiding|data hiding]] as a design principle in object oriented and pure functional programming.
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