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restricting access
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restricting accesscontrols access to methods, instance variables and class variables    source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:49.0
has advantages
  • makes code easier to understand and change
  • makes designs more flexible
  • reduces coupling
source: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:49.0
is a subtopic of Object Oriented Programming Concepts2001-10-19 11:37:49.0
is part of encapsulationsource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:49.0
is a kind of practicesource: Object Oriented Software Engineering by Lethbridge and Laganière, 2001-10-19 11:37:49.0