Concept (generic programming)

In generic programming, a concept is a description of supported operations on a type, including syntax and semantics.

In this way, concepts are related to abstract base classes (see Abstract type) but concepts do not require a subtype relationship.

See also

• Protocol (object-oriented programming)
• Concepts (C++)
• ConceptGCC
• Generic programming
• Interface (Java)

External links

• Concept (generic programming) @ Wikipedia.org