encapsulation concept from the Object Oriented Software Engineering knowledge base

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encapsulation

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encapsulation allows changes to code to be more easily made since one can be confident that 'outsiders' are not relying on too many details 2001-08-30 14:55:28.0
has definition Creating a module to contain some algorithm or data structure, thus hiding its details behind the module's interface
helps to achieve information hiding
is a subtopic of 2.7 - Concepts that Define Object Orientation
is a kind of practice

encapsulation	allows changes to code to be more easily made since one can be confident that 'outsiders' are not relying on too many details
	has definition Creating a module to contain some algorithm or data structure, thus hiding its details behind the module's interface
	helps to achieve information hiding
	is a subtopic of 2.7 - Concepts that Define Object Orientation
	is a kind of practice