Thread: State diagram

I red the following statement the other day:

>An object has a state that can be represented in a state diagram<

I don't understand what a state diagram is, or how it can represent an object's state.
Could someone share some knowledge on this, thank you.

I also red that a class defines the data associated with each object of that class.
When it says data, does it mean the variables involved with that object and other information like the name of object?

Originally Posted by wamidh

I red the following statement the other day:

>An object has a state that can be represented in a state diagram<

I don't understand what a state diagram is, or how it can represent an object's state.
Could someone share some knowledge on this, thank you.

If I had to guess I would say this refers to an UML diagram.
For more information google for UML state diagrams.

Originally Posted by wamidh

I also red that a class defines the data associated with each object of that class.
When it says data, does it mean the variables involved with that object and other information like the name of object?

Without context I can only guess that member variables of objects (fields) are meant.
By the way, objects do not have "names".

Originally Posted by wamidh

I red the following statement the other day:

>An object has a state that can be represented in a state diagram<

I don't understand what a state diagram is, or how it can represent an object's state.
Could someone share some knowledge on this, thank you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_diagram

In this case, they can mean UML or something else.