Object composition

In computer science, object composition (not to be confused with function composition) is a way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Description

Compositions are a critical building block of many basic data structures, including the tagged union, the linked list, and the binary tree, as well as the [Object (computer science)|object]] used in object-oriented programming.

See also

• Association (object-oriented programming)
• C++ structure
• Composite type
• Composition over inheritance
• Delegation (programming)
• Function composition (computer science)
• Has-a
• Implementation inheritance
• Inheritance semantics
• Law of Demeter
• Object (computer science)
• Virtual inheritance

External links

• Object composition @ Wikipedia