Are Classes Only For Object-Oriented Programming?
The Java version of the list manager described above can be viewed merely as a simpler description than the C version. In fact, classes that are not derived from another class (using inheritance) are really nothing more than fancy struct definitions. All the mumbo-jumbo surrounding object- oriented programming such as polymorphism can be ignored while studying the benefits of encapsulation and data hiding: • encapsulation: the methods that operate on an object are packaged up with that object. • data hiding: portions of the object’s data may be hidden from the user, thus, allowing the implementation of that object to be isolated from the user. Changes to the implementation would not affect a user’s code as all access to the data element can be controlled through a set of functions.
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