You use the phrase _____ when you talk about objects and classes being related to each other by a class relationship. You use _____ when you talk about objects and classes that are related only because they reference each other.

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member-of
part-of

part-of
member-of

has-a
is-a

is-a
has-a

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Believe it or not, the concept of whether a class "Is a [something]" or "Has a [something]" comes up quite a bit in object oriented design. For instance, consider the questions "Is a transmission a car?" and "Does a car have a transmission?"

Clearly, the second question is the only of the two that one would answer in the affirmative. A transmission is not a car, but a car does have a transmission. This is a classic "Is-A/Has-A" example. And sometimes the answer to the questions are not so clear cut, particularly if the relationship is more obscure, like the relationship between a wall and sheetrock. For example, sheetrock, if hanged, could perform the duties of a wall, and a wall can contain sheetrock. The implementation of the solution to that question could probably be solved with either implementing a "Is-A" paradigm, or a "Has-A" paradigm.

So, I haven't described how "Is-A" and "Has-A" are implemented in object oriented design. Well the answer to that is really quite simple:

"Is-A" is implemented via I