An abstract data type is not the only way to hide the representation of data: a representation can also be hidden in an object. An object is a bundle of operations—often called methods—that may share hidden state. An object interacts with other objects by sending messages; each message activates a method on the receiving object. An object’s methods can see the representation of the object’s own state, but not the representations of the states of other objects.
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