1.8.7. Encapsulation
Classes encapsulate (i.e., wrap) attributes and methods into objects—an object’s attributes and methods are intimately related. Objects may communicate with one another, but they’re normally not allowed to know how other objects are implemented—implementation details are hidden within the objects themselves. This information hiding is crucial to good software engineering.
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