English Dictionary

Law of Demeter

固有名詞

(software, object-oriented programming) A design guideline for developing particularly object-oriented programs that mandates loose coupling between objects.

日本語の意味

オブジェクト指向プログラミングにおける設計指針の一つで、オブジェクト間の依存関係（結合度）を可能な限り緩くすることを推奨する考え方。

When designing our new module, we followed the Law of Demeter to keep objects loosely coupled and easy to test.

新しいモジュールを設計する際、オブジェクトを疎結合に保ちテストしやすくするためにデメテルの法則に従いました。

意味（1）

(software, object-oriented programming) A design guideline for developing particularly object-oriented programs that mandates loose coupling between objects.

An adaptive program contains only hooks into the class structure and normally does not fully encode the details of the class structure. This idea of not duplicating the class structure is an application of the key idea behind the Law of Demeter.