Terminology: module or class?

[deko]

I'm new to C# and trying to get a handle on terminology.

In the below class, I declare variables that are intended to be visible to
all members of the class. Are these:

"Module-level variables"
"Class-level variables"
"Member-level variables"

Or should they be called "Member-level declarations"?

namespace MyNamespace
{
public class MenuData
{
#region Module Level variables (?)

private string strMenuItem;
private string strMenuType;
private decimal decUnitPrice;

#endregion

public MenuData(string MenuItem, string MenuType,
decimal UnitPrice, string PhotoFile,int MenuID)
{
strMenuItem = MenuItem;
strMenuType = MenuType;
decUnitPrice = UnitPrice;
...
[code omitted]
}
}

 

[Jeff Louie]

I can only guess that you are trying to declare class level variables
that are
visible to all INSTANCES of a class. So called static variables are part
of the class
itself.

http://www.geocities.com/Jeff_Louie/OOP/oop4.htm

Regards,
Jeff

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

I'm new to C# and trying to get a handle on terminology.

In the below class, I declare variables that are intended to be visible to
all members of the class. Are these:

"Module-level variables"
"Class-level variables"
"Member-level variables"

They're instance variables, according to the C# specification. If they
had the static modifier, they'd be static variables.

A module in .NET is part of an assembly - most assemblies have a single
module containing all the types in that assembly. It's possible,
however, to have a multi-module assembly. These are very rare - partly
because VS.NET doesn't support them (you have to create them from the
command line).