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In this chapter we define the key notions of typed object-oriented technology. The very basic notions are introduced in Sect. 1.1. The notions of types, objects, classes, messages and methods are introduced and illustrated in Sect. 1.1.1. The notion of inheritance is the topic of Sect. 1.1.2. A related notion of subtyping and its formal properties are discussed in Sect. 1.1.3. Static and dynamic binding as it applies to messages and methods is the topic of Sect. 1.1.4. Parametric types are essential for modern typed object-oriented technology. This is the topic of Sect. 1.2. Collection types are of particular importance for the topics presented in this book. Their non-parametric versions and their limitations are discussed in Sect. 1.2.1. Parametric collection types, different types of parametric polymorphism and their advantages are discussed in Sect. 1.2.2. A fully implemented parametric collection class is given in Sect. 1.2.3. Abstract parametric classes are discussed in Sect. 1.2.4. The impact of parametric types on subtyping is discussed in Sect. 1.2.5.
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Alagić, S. (2015). Typed Objects. In: Object-Oriented Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20442-0_1
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