Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Timothy A. Budd

Chapter 4

Messages, Instances, and Initialization

Outline

1. Topics to be Covered
2. Creation of New Variables
3. Storage Management Approach
   1. Syntax for Automatic Creation
   2. Syntax for Dynamic Creation
4. Message Passing
   1. Message Passing Syntax
   2. Operators as Messages
5. Creation and Initialization
6. Class Methods
7. Constructors
   1. Invoking Constructors
   2. Constructor Implementation
8. Destructors
9. Constructors in Java

Other Material

• Self Assessment Study Questions
• Further information on memory management in C++

Intro OOP, Chapter 4, Slide 1