Modified: zest/site/content/java/develop/what-s-an-object-anyway.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/zest/site/content/java/develop/what-s-an-object-anyway.html?rev=1747714&r1=1747713&r2=1747714&view=diff ============================================================================== --- zest/site/content/java/develop/what-s-an-object-anyway.html (original) +++ zest/site/content/java/develop/what-s-an-object-anyway.html Fri Jun 10 14:16:04 2016 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ })(); </script> - </head><body><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"; class="logo"><a href="index.html"><img src="images/logo-standard.png" /></a></div><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"; class="top-nav"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#home">Zestâ¢</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><span xmlns="" href="intro.html">Introduction</span></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="javadocs.html">Javadoc</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="samples.html">Samples</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="core.html">Core</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="libraries.html">Libraries</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="extensions.html">Extensions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="tools.html">Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="glossary.htm l">Glossary </a></span></dt></dl></div></div><div xmlns="" xmlns:exsl="http://exslt.org/common"; class="sub-nav"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="intro.html#highlights">Highlights</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="introduction-background.html">Background</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="what-is-cop.html">What is COP?</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><span xmlns="" href="what-s-an-object-anyway.html">Whatâs an Object anyway?</span></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="state-modeling.html">Zest⢠and state modeling</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="related.html">Related publications & projects</a></span></dt></dl></div></div><div class="section" title="Whatâs an Object anyway?"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="what-s-an-object-anyway"></a>Whatâs an Object anyway?</h3></div></div></div><p>In OOP the main idea is that we should model our reality by creating Objects. 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Objects have state, and >they have methods. Methods in an object are used to operate on the internal state and understands the domain that is being modeled.</p><p>By contrast, in procedural programming the focus is on algorithms, which can use several data structures to perform some task. The focus is on what is going on, rather than the "objects" involved.</p><p>With OOP it becomes more difficult to "read" algorithms, as they are spread out in many objects that interact. With procedural programming it becomes difficult to encapsulate and reuse functionality. Both represent extremes, neither of
