Object-Oriented Principles

OOP

Encapsulation

(class)

-- Information Hiding

-- Separation of

Interface and Implementation

-- Standardization

-- Access Control mechanisms

(private /public)

Inheritance

-- Hierarchy

-- Reusability

-- Extensibility

-- Expressive power

-- Reflects many

real-world problems

Polymorphism

-- Many forms of

same function

-- Virtual functions

-- Abstract Base

Classes