Difference between revisions of "Association"
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| − | Similar to the relationship between a Teacher and a student. A student can go to multiple teachers and a teacher can have multiple students. | + | Similar to the relationship between a Teacher and a student. A student can go to multiple teachers and a teacher can have multiple students. There is no "owner" in the relationship and both objects can live independently from each other. |
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| + | In programming, there are different relationships that can be used between your objects. Association is known as a weak relationship because the objects don't necessarily have to depend on each other. | ||
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Revision as of 17:14, 10 July 2019
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Definition
In object-oriented programming, it is the relationship between classes of objects. It allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action. This is known as “sending a message” or “calling a method”
What does this mean
Similar to the relationship between a Teacher and a student. A student can go to multiple teachers and a teacher can have multiple students. There is no "owner" in the relationship and both objects can live independently from each other.
Relevance
In programming, there are different relationships that can be used between your objects. Association is known as a weak relationship because the objects don't necessarily have to depend on each other.
