Data Hiding - A Need To Know Software Approach

Develpreneur: Become a Better Developer and Entrepreneur · Feb 17, 2021 · 13m

Data encapsulation and data hiding are terms for keeping object properties from public consumption. This concept is an essential part of object-oriented programming. We need to be able to have internal processes and values that we can change without impacting users. It also allows us to limit the impact of changes in large systems. Thus, we will start our OOP season with a look at this somewhat simple concept.

Data Hiding is more than properties.

One important facet of this topic is that we use encapsulation for more than attributes or properties. That may not be obvious in the frameworks you…