Introduction to Python Programming and Data Structures, 3rd Edition by Pearson

CHAPTER 9

Objects and Classes

 

Objectives

• To describe objects and classes, and use classes to model objects (§9.2).
• To define classes with data fields and methods (§9.2.1).
• To construct an object using a constructor that invokes the initializer to create and initialize data fields (§9.2.2).
• To access the members of objects using the dot operator (.) (§9.2.3).
• To reference an object itself with the self parameter (§9.2.4).
• To use UML graphical notation to describe classes and objects (§9.3).
• To use the datetime class from the Python library (§9.4).
• To distinguish between immutable and mutable objects (§9.5).
• To hide data fields to prevent data corruption and make classes easy to maintain (§9.6).
• To apply class abstraction and encapsulation ...