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Encapsulation

Encapsulation refers to bundling related functionality into a library or other such self contained package whilst shielding the user from any worries about the internal structure.

Encapsulation very closely aligned with data hiding and is available through MODULE s / MODULE PROCEDURE s and USE statements and backed up by the renames and ONLY facilities.


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Adam Marshall ©University of Liverpool, 1996
Fri Dec 6 15:03:35 GMT 1996
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