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Answer:

No. The machine code for all objects of the same type are shared, and not part of any one object.

However, when thinking about objects, coded in an object oriented language, it is convenient to think of an object as one "thing" consisting of all of its parts.


Example Program

Two Objects

Here is a program in an imaginary object-oriented language that contains two objects. Conceptually, each object consists of a text message and a print() method that prints the message.

In implementation, the code for the method will is outside of the object. The picture shows the program conceptually.

 
main()
{
  MyClass object1("Hello World");
  MyClass object2("Silly Example");
  
  object1.print();
  object2.print();
}

The main() routine holds the address of each object. This is symbolized by the arrows that point to each object. The program will first call the print() method of the first object, and then call the print() method of the second object.


QUESTION 11:

What output do you expect from this program?


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