difference between class and module?

Hi,

Both class and module are a collection of methods and properties.

The major difference is that instances can be created from a class in the form of objects, but not from a module.

The scope of the members of a class is only for the lifetime of the object, but the scope of the members of a module exist for the life of the program.


Regards,
Riju.

A Class is a term used in OOP. That is how you build a program/application.

A module is a general term referring to individual units of a large project/application. You break down a project into modules so that you may allocate work to different individuals. Now you may develop this module using procedural/traditional programming or Object Oriented Programming(OOP).

If you use the latter you have to use class.

Hope this solves your query.
Regards,
vcite

The answer depends on having a bit more context than you've provided.

For instance, a class is a module - in some cases, depending on the language you're using.

A module may not be a class, but it can be.

Classes are thought of as providing more enforcement of information hiding concepts - accessors, private/public/protected/friend interfaces. Modules can provide information hiding but the language it is being used in may not provide enforcement of the information hiding, either in the compiler or the executable (or the vm).

So it would be interesting to know what language you're talking about.