Re: c.d.theory glossary -- definition of "class"

Another way to put this is that in a metamodel 'object' is the more primitive concept and 'class' is defined in terms of object. So, class is a descendant of object in the inheritance hierarchy for the metamodel.

"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message news:cbac35$6h5$1_at_news.netins.net...
> "Tom Hester" <$$tom_at_metadata.com> wrote in message
> news:1e2bb$40d8a0c7$45033832$7187_at_msgid.meganewsservers.com...
> > Yeah but in most OO languages a class IS an object, after all.
>
> If we have multiple and competing definitions, then it would be good to
> preface one or more of these with an adjective. Of course a class can be
an
> object, just as a string can be, but that is somewhat beside the point
since
> we wouldn't define a digital video as something that can be an object
> either. I don't know all OO languages -- in what way is a class an object
> rather than a specification from which an object can be created? --dawn
>
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Received on Wed Jun 23 2004 - 01:23:55 CEST