Classifier

/ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/ · noun

Meaning

Someone who classifies..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone who classifies.
2. (linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and sign languages), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
3. A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
4. (computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
5. (object-oriented programming) A metaclass used to group other entities having common features.

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He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.

A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.

The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier.

The figure also shows that instances can be associated with a classifier Behavior, which represents the behavior that active objects start executing when created.

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