Core C++ A Software Engineering Approach

Chapter 8. Object-Oriented Programming with Functions

Topics in this Chapter

• Cohesion

• Coupling

• Data Encapsulation

• Information Hiding

• A Larger Example of Encapsulation

• Shortcomings of Encapsulation with Functions

• Summary

In this chapter, I start a discussion of principles and techniques of object-oriented programming. Some of them are common programming knowledge, others I formulated and adapted for use with C++. These principles and techniques are rarely discussed in other C++ books. This is why I suggest that you do not skip this chapter even if you are an experienced C++ programmer.

In the previous chapters, I concentrated on C++ language rules that define what is syntactically legal in a C++ program and what is not. Similar to natural ...