Method (computer programming)

creational pattern that uses factory methods to deal with the problem of creating objects without having to specify the exact class of the object that will be created

computer function or subroutine that is tied to a particular instance or class

special method used for initializing a newly allocated object in object-oriented programming

special method in object-oriented programming which is called deterministically to perform cleanup just before the object is deallocated

behavioral design pattern in object-oriented programming which defines the high-level skeleton of an operation to be implemented by helper methods

inheritable and overridable function or method for which dynamic dispatch is facilitated

in computer programming, creation of multiple function implementations with the same name

process of selecting which implementation of a polymorphic operation (method or function) to call at run time

language feature in object-oriented programming

feature of some programming languages

type of table used in computer programming

also called: setter method

constructor that initializes an object by copying the state of another object of the same type

constructor automatically defined in the absence of any other constructor

Computer code structure with a table of pointers to functions or similar

In computer science, a finalizer or finalize method is a special method that performs finalization, generally some form of cleanup. A finalizer is executed during object destruction, prior to the object being deallocated, and is complementary to an initializer, which is executed during object creation, following allocation. Finalizers are strongly discouraged by some, due to difficulty in proper use and the complexity they add, and alternatives are suggested instead, mainly the dispose pattern (see problems with finalizers).

Feature in programming languages

in object-oriented programming, a method added to an object after the original object was compiled