Object Oriented Programming with C++, Second Edition

SUMMARY

• Method is another term for member function.
• When members are declared private, they are not available outside the class. It represents principle of data hiding.
• Class is a user-defined variable type. A class has attributes as data members and functions required for processing the data as methods.
• An object (variable) is considered as instantiation of a class (type).
• Data members of an object are referred to as attributes of the object.
• Data members are qualified using dot operators (just like structure members).
• Public, private and protected are the three access specifiers. They can be applied only to data members and member functions of a class.
• If a member is public, it can be used by any function.
• If a member is private, it can be ...