Python Programming - VI. Classes and Objects

PYTHON PROGRAMMING

VI. CLASSES AND OBJECTS

Engr. Ranel O. Padon

PYTHON PROGRAMMING TOPICS
I

•Introduction to Python Programming

II

•Python Basics

III

•Controlling the Program Flow

IV

•Program Components: Functions, Classes, Packages, and Modules

V

•Sequences (List and Tuples), and Dictionaries

VI

•Object-Based Programming: Classes and Objects

VII

•Customizing Classes and Operator Overloading

VIII

•Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance and Polymorphism

IX

•Randomization Algorithms

X

•Exception Handling and Assertions

XI

•String Manipulation and Regular Expressions

XII

•File Handling and Processing

XIII

•GUI Programming Using Tkinter

PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS

• Procedural/Imperative (C, FORTRAN, COBOL)
• Object-Oriented (C++, Java, C#, Objective-C)
Objective-C is used in Apple’s OS X and iOS and for customizing its apps.

• Functional Programming (Lisp)
Lisp is used for customizing AutoCAD

• Logic Programming (Prolog)
• Concurrent (Erlang)
• Multi-Paradigm (Python, Scala, PHP, JavaScript)
•…

PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS

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PROCEDURE-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING


1/6) Emphasis is on doing things (algorithms).
2/6) Large programs are divided into smaller programs
known as functions.
3/6) Most of the functions share global data.


4/6) Data are more open around the system from function
to function.
5/6) Functions transform data from one form to another.
6/6) Employs top-down approach in program design.

OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
The data of an object can be accessed only by the functions
associated with that object.
Functions of one object can access the functions of other objects.

1/8) Emphasis is on data rather than procedures or algorithms.
2/8) Programs are divided into what are known as objects.
3/8) Data structures are designed such that they characterize
the objects.

4/8) Functions that operate on the data are tied together in
the data structure.

5/8) Data is hidden and cannot be accessed by external functions.
6/8) Objects may communicate with each other through functions.

7/8) New data and functions can be easily added whenever necessary.
8/8) Follows bottom-up approach in program design.

Benefits of OOP:
1/8) Through inheritance, we can eliminate redundant code and extend
the use of existing classes which is not possible in procedure-oriented
approach.
2/8) We can build programs from the standard working modules that
communicate with one another, rather than having to start writing the
code from scratch which happens procedure-oriented approach.
This leads to saving of development time and higher productivity.

Benefits of OOP:
3/8) The principle of data hiding helps the programmer to build secure
programs that cannot be invaded by code in other parts of the program.
4/8) It is possible to have multiple instances of object to co-exist without
any interference.


Benefits of OOP:
5/8) It is possible to map objects in the problem domain
to those in the program.
6/8) It is easy to partition the work in a project based on objects .


Benefits of OOP:
7/8) Object oriented systems can be easily upgraded from small
to large systems.
8/8) Software complexity can be easily managed.

OOP ﬁrst appeared in the Simula programming language in the 1960s.


• Simula was invented by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard,
which influenced C++, Java, and C#
• professors Dahl and Nygaard received two very prestigious prizes:
1.) von Neumann medal
2.) Turing prize (the Nobel prize of computer science)

Aspects of OOP

CLASSES

• A class is just like a blueprint of a house.
• An object is the actual house built from that blueprint.

• You could then create numerous houses/objects from a single blueprint.

CLASSES

Two main components of an Object/Class
(these terms are synonymous/equivalent):
• Attributes & Behaviors
• Variables & Functions
• Fields & Methods
• Data Members & Member Functions

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Set and Get

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Protected Var

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Chaining
Chaining Comparisons in Other Languages

Concise Equivalent in Python

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Chaining
Chaining Comparisons

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Set and Get
Raising Exceptions

OBJECT ATTRIBUTES | Private Var

DESTRUCTORS
• method called __del__
• executes when the last reference to
an object is deleted or goes out of scope.
• specifies no parameters other than self
• returns None.

CLASS ATTRIBUTES
Class Attributes are used to track the state of all
objects/instances of a given class.
They are also known as Static Variables
There are also Class Behaviors (Static Methods), methods
that involve all objects/instances of a given class). In Java,
Static Methods are used heavily by the Math class so that you
could execute methods without creating an object of the Math
class

CLASS ATTRIBUTES
Lists are not restricted to homogeneous data types.
Python programmers typically use lists
to store sequences of homogeneous values
(values of the same data type)

COMPOSITION

• Objects usually have attributes of basic/primitive data types
(string, integers, boolean, etc)

• Composition: when objects whose attributes
are themselves references to objects of other classes

COMPOSITION
note the gayagaya() method and the tao1.gayagaya(tao2) statement

REFERENCES
 Deitel, Deitel, Liperi, and Wiedermann - Python: How to Program (2001).

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