Minimal Object

Implementation of minimal object. An object pointer (oop) points to the start of the object’s internal state (if any). The object’s Behaviour is described by a virtual table (vtable). A pointer to the vtable is placed one word before the object’s state.

PIUMARTA, Ian and WARTH, Alessandro, 2006. Open reusable object models. 2006. pdf , pdf , p. 4, Fig. 4.