https://mordaunt.dev/site/tags/oop/Recent content in OOP on Jack MordauntHugoenFri, 01 Aug 2025 06:26:18 -0300https://mordaunt.dev/site/posts/what-is-an-interface/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 06:26:18 -0300https://mordaunt.dev/site/posts/what-is-an-interface/<p><strong>Behavioral Polymorphism: The foundation of OOP.</strong></p> <p>The <strong>interface</strong> is the foundation of OOP (Object Oriented Programming).</p> <p>It provides <em>behavioral polymorphism</em>: constraining a type by its behaviours - or more secifically, its method-set.</p> <blockquote> <p>A &ldquo;method&rdquo; (as termed in OOP langauges) is nothing more than a procedure who&rsquo;s first argument is a pointer to the object it is associated with. There is nothing special about a method.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Definitions</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Poly</strong>: many</li> <li><strong>Mono</strong>: singular</li> <li><strong>Morphism</strong>: shape</li> <li><strong>Polymorphism</strong>: having many shapes</li> <li><strong>Monomorphism</strong>: having one shape</li> </ul> <p>Polymorphic refers to the ability to represent many shapes.</p>