OOPS Concepts in .Net to Shake your fundamentals– Part 1
Introduction
OOPS or Object Oriented Programming Concepts but some of the concepts have been always used in one or the other programming languages. For example you must have used structs in C which is a good example of encapsulation. There are four major pillar of OOPS. Let's try to understand each one of them by taking some examples also:-
1.) Encapsulation
2.) Abstraction
3.) Polymorphism
4.) InheritanceEncapsulation:-
Interview Definition:- Binding data and member functions together inside a single unit.
How to Encapsulate:- By creating types e.g Classes and Struct
Bu using encapsulation we can create out own custom types by reusing the existing or primitive types.Abstraction:-
Abstraction defines way to abstract or hide your data and members from outside world. Simply speaking Abstraction is hiding the complexities of your class or struct or in a generic term Type from outer world. This is achieved by means of access specifiers.
Interview Definition: - Hiding the complexities of your type from outside world.
How to Abstract: - By using Access Specifiers
.Net has five access specifiers:-
Public -- Accessible outside the class through object reference.
Private -- Accessible inside the class only through member functions.
Protected -- Just like private but Accessible in derived classes also through member functions.
Internal -- Visible inside the assembly. Accessible through objects.
Protected Internal -- Visible inside the assembly through objects and in derived classes outside the assembly through member functions.
Let's try to understand by a practical example:-
Interview Tip:-
The default access specifier for a class in internal. Mind it I mean class not class's data members.
public class Class1
{
int i; //No Access specifier means private
public int j; // Public
protected int k; //Protected data
internal int m; // Internal means visible inside assembly
protected internal int n; //inside assembly as well as to derived classes outside assembly
static int x; // This is also private
public static int y; //Static means shared across objects
[DllImport("MyDll.dll")]
public static extern int MyFoo(); //extern means declared in this assembly defined in some other assembly
public void myFoo2()
{
//Within a class if you create an object of same class then you can access all data members through object reference even private data too
Class1 obj = new Class1();
obj.i =10; //Error can't access private data through object.But here it is accessible.:)
obj.j =10;
obj.k=10;
obj.m=10;
obj.n=10;
// obj.s =10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.x = 10;
// obj.y = 10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.y = 10;
}
}
Now lets try to copy the same code inside Main method and try to compile
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
//Access specifiers comes into picture only when you create object of class outside the class
Class1 obj = new Class1();
// obj.i =10; //Error can't access private data through object.
obj.j =10;
// obj.k=10; //Error can't access protected data through object.
obj.m=10;
obj.n=10;
// obj.s =10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.x = 10; //Error can't access private data outside class
// obj.y = 10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.y = 10;
}
What if Main is inside another assembly
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
//Access specifiers comes into picture only when you create object of class outside the class
Class1 obj = new Class1();
// obj.i =10; //Error can't access private data through object.
obj.j =10;
// obj.k=10; //Error can't access protected data through object.
// obj.m=10; // Error can't access internal data outside assembly
// obj.n=10; // Error can't access internal data outside assembly
// obj.s =10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.x = 10; //Error can't access private data outside class
// obj.y = 10; //Errror Static data can be accessed by class names only
Class1.y = 10;
}
There are two more scenerios for internal data members that we will discuss after inheritance also protected data member will be more clear once we have some idea about inheritance model.In the next article we will be discussing Polymorphism and Inheritance in depth.
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