(software engineering) An invariant used to constrain objects of a class that is preserved by class methods and that constrains the state stored in the object.

plural of class invariant

plural of factory class

(software, object-oriented programming) A class that creates an object having a non-trivial creation process, implementing the factory method pattern.

plural of abstract class

(object-oriented programming) A class that cannot be instantiated and may have abstract method.

plural of class variable

(software, object-oriented programming) A member variable that is associated with a class of which a single copy exists.

plural of class ring

plural of nested class