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access unit
subject			fact

access unit	has definition A syntactic unit to which access can be controlled with an access modifier
	has access mode
	is a subtopic of Access Control
	is a kind of syntactic unit
	may have access modifier
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

Kinds of access unit :

• class (41 kinds, 305 facts) - A software module that provides both procedural and data abstraction. It describes a set of similar objects, called its instances, A blueprint (prototype) that defines (the variables and the methods) common to all objects of a certain kind, A specification that defines variables and methods common to a set of all objects of a certain kind, A template that describes the data and behaviour of its instances called objects
• constructor (2 kinds, 34 facts) - A procedure that is called whenever a new object is created
• interface (3 kinds, 42 facts) (abstract data type) - In Java, a software module containing a description of a set of operations that certain classes must implement, A named collection of method declarations (without implementations), may also include constant declarations (variables marked static and final)
• method (37 kinds, 257 facts) (function, member function) - A concrete implementation of an operation; a procedure in a class, A procedural abstraction used to implement the behaviour of a class, A function defined in a class, Code that specifies some of the behaviour of a class or instance
• variable (28 kinds, 188 facts) - An item of data named by an identifier