Encapsulation

From AMWA

Encapsulation realizes the principle of information hiding. The latter refers to the hiding of design and implementation decisions in a computer program that are most likely to change, thus protecting other parts of the program from change if the design/implementation decision is changed. Protecting a design decision involves providing a stable interface which shields the remainder of the program from the implementation details that are most likely to change. (See also Service Interface).

References

• Wikipedia definition of Information Hiding