Object-Oriented Programming

• Object-oriented programming aspires to model the real world as a collection of objects.

• Objects are classified into categories called classes.

• Objects in the real world and in mathematics can be further classified by hierarchical taxonomies.

• For the taxonomy

we say “every Y is-a X”. For example,

“every kitten is a cat”.

X

Y

Cat

Kitten

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