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What is Polymorphism

Chapter 75
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
The ability of object oriented programs to have multiple implementations of the same method name in different classes in an inheritance tree. Derived classes can override the functionality defined in their base class.
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Business Model Application of UML Stereotypes
Daniel Brandon Jr. (Christian Brothers University, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch075
Abstract
The UML (Unified Modeling Language) has become a standard in design of object oriented computer systems (Schach, 2004). UML provides for the use of stereotypes to extend the utility of its base capabilities. In the design and construction of business systems, the use of stereotypes is particularly useful stereotypes, and this article defines and illustrates these.
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Chapter 456
Object-Oriented Software Reuse in Business Systems
The ability of object oriented programs to have multiple implementations of the same method name in different classes in an inheritance tree. Derived classes can override the functionality defined in their base class.
Published in Chapter: Object-Oriented Software Reuse in Business Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 5
Deep Learning-Based Understanding of the Complex Patterns of Cyber Attacks
It is the concept that describes the situations when there are multiple forms of the same object.
Published in Chapter: Deep Learning-Based Understanding of the Complex Patterns of Cyber Attacks; From: Machine Learning for Societal Improvement, Modernization, and Progress
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Chapter 13
Phenomenology of Religious Experience: A Christian Perspective
The word polymorphism is used in various contexts to describe situations in which something occurs in several different forms. It connotes the characteristic of being able to assign a different meaning or usage to something in different contexts, specifically, to allow an entity such as a variable, a function, or an object to have more than one form.
Published in Chapter: Phenomenology of Religious Experience: A Christian Perspective; From: Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality
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Spatio-Temporal Object Modeling
The ability to take several forms. In object-oriented programming, it refers to the ability of an entity to refer at run-time to instances of various classes; the ability to call a variety of functions using exactly the same interface
Published in Chapter: Spatio-Temporal Object Modeling; From: Handbook of Research on Geoinformatics
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Chapter 23
Towards Predicting the Life of an Engine: A Deep Learning Approach
It is the concept that describes situations when there are multiple forms of the same object.
Published in Chapter: Towards Predicting the Life of an Engine: A Deep Learning Approach; From: Handbook of Research on AI Methods and Applications in Computer Engineering
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