inversion of control

English

Noun

inversion of control (uncountable)

1. (software architecture) Abstract principle describing an aspect of some software architecture designs in which the flow of control of a system is inverted in comparison to the traditional architecture, getting the flow of control from a generic code part.

Synonyms

• IoC

Hyponyms

• dependency injection
• template method pattern
• Hollywood principle

Translations

abstract principle describing an aspect of some software architecture designs

• Czech: obrácení řízení n
• French: inversion de contrôle (fr) f
• German: Inversion of Control f, Steuerungsumkehrung f

References

• inversion of control on Wikipedia.Wikipedia