Help with OO Terminology

From: James <jraustin1_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 9 Jun 2002 21:19:05 -0700
Message-ID: <a6e74506.0206092019.720f1fbb@posting.google.com>

I was wondering if some has already created terminology to communicate the following concepts. If not, suggestions would be appreciated.

Suppose we have objects ... A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, ... where each is an instance of the previous. The below class/instance hierarchy describes the same where the class of each object is shown within square brackets[].

B [A]
C [B]
D [C]

      E [D]   <- frame of reference
        F [E]
          G [F]
            H [G]

If object E is the frame of reference,
is the below terminology appropriate?

...B, are "ancestor classes" of E.
C is the "grand class" of E.
D is the "immediate class" of E.

F is an "immediate instance" of E.
G is a "grand instance" of E.
H, ... are "descandant instances" of E.

TIA Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 23:19:05 CDT