Editing Object lifetime (section)

==Class-based programming==

In class-based programming, object creation is also known as ''instantiation'' (creating an ''instance'' of a ''class''). Creation and destruction can be customized via a ''[[Constructor (object-oriented programming)|constructor]]'' and a ''[[Destructor (computer programming)|destructor]]'' and sometimes with separate ''initializer'' and ''finalizer'' methods.

Notably, a constructor is a class method as there is no object (instance) available until the object is created, but destructors, initializers, and finalizers are instance methods. 

Further, constructors and initializers often can accept arguments, while destructors and finalizers generally do not as they are often implicitly callable.