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Law of Demeter

guideline for object-oriented programming: each unit should have only limited knowledge about other units (only those closely related to the current unit)
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Law of Demeter

Summary

Law of Demeter is a programming principle[1]. It draws 132 Wikipedia views per month (programming_principle category, ranking #8 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Law of Demeter's instance of is recorded as programming principle[3].
  • Demeter is named after Law of Demeter[4].
  • Law of Demeter's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1987-00-00T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Law of Demeter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hvyv[6].
  • Law of Demeter's facet of is recorded as object-oriented programming[7].
  • Law of Demeter's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 101585813[8].

Why It Matters

Law of Demeter draws 132 Wikipedia views per month (programming_principle category, ranking #8 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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