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Understanding Properties

All objects have attributes used to specify and return the state of the object. These attributes are properties, and you've already used some of them in previous hours using the Properties window. Indeed, every object exposes (provides for access by other code) a specific set of properties, but not every object exposes the same set of properties. To illustrate this point, I will continue with the hypothetical Pet object. Suppose you have an object, and the object is a dog. This Dog object has a certain set of properties that are common to all dogs. These properties include attributes such as the dog's name, the color of its hair, and even the number of legs it has. All dogs have these same properties; however, different ...