Object hierarchy

Not to be confused with class hierarchy.

An object hierarchy is a concept from computer programming. It references descendants of objects acting as properties of an object. An example of this would be the object controlling a window (at the top of the hierarchy) having another object like the window's border acting as a property of the window.^[1]

References

1. "Object Hierarchy". enacit1.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-01.