Index of object-oriented programming articles

Those words found in object-oriented programming. Some are related to OOP and some not.

A Abstract class (also called deferred class) Abstract method Access control Accessor method Allocated class Automatic storage management B Binding C Cascaded message Cast Class Class hierarchy Class method Class object Client-side computing Cohesion Collaborator Collection class Composition Constructor Container class Contravariance Copy constructor Coupling Covariance D Data hiding Default constructor – a constructor without any argument. Deep copy Delegation Dependency injection Destructor Dispatch table Dynamic binding Dynamic class Dynamically typed language Dynamic variable E Early binding ECOOP Encapsulation Exception F Facade - pattern Factory method Factory object Finalizer Fragile base class G Generic method 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 Inversion of Control (also called dependency injection) isa link Iterator J K L Late binding Layering

M Message Message selector (also called method selector) Metaclass Metaprogramming Method designator Method lookup Modularity Multiple inheritance Mutator method 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 Overload P Patterns Paradigm Parametric overloading Parameterized classes Parnas's principles Persistent object Polymorphic Primitive Protocol Prototype Pseudo-variable Pure polymorphism Pure virtual function (also called pure virtual method) Q R Rapid prototyping Receiver Reference variable Refinement Responsibility-driven design Reverse polymorphism Runtime Type Information S Scope Shadowed name Single-assignment variable Slicing Specification class, a class implementing abstract class Stack-based memory allocation Shallow copy, as opposed to Deep copy 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 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) W Weak reference Virtual Classes X Y Yo-yo problem Z