Misplaced Pages

#701298

31-643: OOAD in modern software engineering is typically conducted in an iterative and incremental way. The outputs of OOAD activities are analysis models (for OOA) and design models (for OOD) respectively. The intention is for these to be continuously refined and evolved, driven by key factors like risks and business value. In the early days of object-oriented technology before the mid-1990s, there were many different competing methodologies for software development and object-oriented modeling , often tied to specific Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool vendors. No standard notations, consistent terms and process guides were

62-569: A descendant class is defined, there is no need to change the original or to disturb its clients. During the 1990s, the open–closed principle became popularly redefined to refer to the use of abstracted interfaces, where the implementations can be changed and multiple implementations could be created and polymorphically substituted for each other. In contrast to Meyer's usage, this definition advocates inheritance from abstract base classes . Interface specifications can be reused through inheritance but implementation need not be. The existing interface

93-423: A library inevitably required changes to any programs depending on that library. Meyer's proposed solution to this problem relied on the notion of object-oriented inheritance (specifically implementation inheritance ): A class is closed, since it may be compiled, stored in a library, baselined , and used by client classes. But it is also open, since any new class may use it as parent, adding new features. When

124-842: A system before writing the code are: Object-oriented modeling is typically done via use cases and abstract definitions of the most important objects. The most common language used to do object-oriented modeling is the Object Management Group's Unified Modeling Language (UML) . Open Closed Principle In object-oriented programming , the open–closed principle (OCP) states " software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification "; that is, such an entity can allow its behaviour to be extended without modifying its source code . The name open–closed principle has been used in two ways. Both ways use generalizations (for instance, inheritance or delegate functions) to resolve

155-399: A template for how to solve a problem that can be used in many different situations and/or applications. Object-oriented design patterns typically show relationships and interactions between classes or objects, without specifying the final application classes or objects involved. Object-oriented modeling (OOM) is a common approach to modeling applications, systems, and business domains by using

186-458: Is a method of design encompassing the process of object-oriented decomposition and a notation for depicting both logical and physical as well as state and dynamic models of the system under design. The software life cycle is typically divided up into stages, going from abstract descriptions of the problem, to designs, then to code and testing, and finally to deployment. The earliest stages of this process are analysis and design. The analysis phase

217-409: Is also often called "requirements acquisition". In some approaches to software development—known collectively as waterfall models—the boundaries between each stage are meant to be fairly rigid and sequential. The term "waterfall" was coined for such methodologies to signify that progress went sequentially in one direction only, i.e., once analysis was complete then and only then was design begun and it

248-408: Is an approach to modeling an application that is used at the beginning of the software life cycle when using an object-oriented approach to software development. The software life cycle is typically divided up into stages going from abstract descriptions of the problem to designs then to code and testing and finally to deployment. Modeling is done at the beginning of the process. The reasons to model

279-428: Is often described as "what vs. how". In analysis developers work with users and domain experts to define what the system is supposed to do. Implementation details are supposed to be mostly or totally (depending on the particular method) ignored at this phase. The goal of the analysis phase is to create a functional model of the system regardless of constraints such as appropriate technology. In object-oriented analysis this

310-400: Is provided by the output of object-oriented analysis . Realize that an output artifact does not need to be completely developed to serve as input of object-oriented design; analysis and design may occur in parallel, and in practice, the results of one activity can feed the other in a short feedback cycle through an iterative process. Both analysis and design can be performed incrementally, and

341-437: Is technology independent, are mapped onto implementing classes and interfaces resulting in a model of the solution domain, i.e., a detailed description of how the system is to be built on concrete technologies. Important topics during OOD also include the design of software architectures by applying architectural patterns and design patterns with the object-oriented design principles. The input for object-oriented design

SECTION 10

#1732780740702

372-434: Is the discipline of defining the objects and their interactions to solve a problem that was identified and documented during object-oriented analysis . What follows is a description of the class-based subset of object-oriented design, which does not include object prototype-based approaches where objects are not typically obtained by instantiating classes but by cloning other (prototype) objects. Object-oriented design

403-781: Is to first address "what" questions and then address "how" questions, i.e. first determine the functionality the system is to provide without consideration of implementation constraints, and then consider how to make specific solutions to these abstract requirements, and refine them into detailed designs and codes by constraints such as technology and budget. Object-oriented modeling enables this by producing abstract and accessible descriptions of both system requirements and designs, i.e. models that define their essential structures and behaviors like processes and objects, which are important and valuable development assets with higher abstraction levels above concrete and complex source code. Object-oriented modeling Object-oriented modeling ( OOM )

434-496: Is to satisfy the "open–closed principle" . A module is open if it supports extension, or if the module provides standardized ways to add new behaviors or describe new states. In the object-oriented paradigm this is often accomplished by creating a new subclass of an existing class. A module is closed if it has a well defined stable interface that all other modules must use and that limits the interaction and potential errors that can be introduced into one module by changes in another. In

465-413: Is typically done via use cases and abstract definitions of the most important objects. The subsequent design phase refines the analysis model and makes the needed technology and other implementation choices. In object-oriented design the emphasis is on describing the various objects, their data, behavior, and interactions. The design model should have all the details required so that programmers can implement

496-662: The Unified Modeling Language (UML). Later, together with Philippe Kruchten and Walker Royce (eldest son of Winston Royce ), they have led a successful mission to merge their own methodologies, OMT , OOSE and Booch method , with various insights and experiences from other industry leaders into the Rational Unified Process (RUP), a comprehensive iterative and incremental process guide and framework for learning industry best practices of software development and project management. Since then,

527-464: The Unified Process family has become probably the most popular methodology and reference model for object-oriented analysis and design. An object contains encapsulated data and procedures grouped to represent an entity. The 'object interface' defines how the object can be interacted with. An object-oriented program is described by the interaction of these objects. Object-oriented design

558-406: The apparent dilemma, but the goals, techniques, and results are different. The open–closed principle is one of the five SOLID principles of object-oriented design. Bertrand Meyer is generally credited for having originated the term open–closed principle , which appeared in his 1988 book Object-Oriented Software Construction . At the time Meyer was writing, adding fields or functions to

589-469: The appropriate requirements and structure of the system. A key goal of the object-oriented approach is to decrease the "semantic gap" between the system and the real world, and to have the system be constructed using terminology that is almost the same as the stakeholders use in everyday business. Object-oriented modeling is an essential tool to facilitate this. Useful and stable abstraction Modeling helps coding. A goal of most modern software methodologies

620-461: The artifacts can be continuously grown instead of completely developed in one shot. Some typical input artifacts for object-oriented design are: The five basic concepts of object-oriented design are the implementation-level features built into the programming language. These features are often referred to by these common names: The main advantage of using a design pattern is that it can be reused in multiple applications. It can also be thought of as

651-434: The code or even the design should be modified, etc. Although it is possible to do object-oriented development using a waterfall model, in practice most object-oriented systems are developed with an iterative approach. As a result, in object-oriented processes "analysis and design" are often considered at the same time. The object-oriented paradigm emphasizes modularity and re-usability. The goal of an object-oriented approach

SECTION 20

#1732780740702

682-463: The design in code. The purpose of any analysis activity in the software life-cycle is to create a model of the system's functional requirements that is independent of implementation constraints. The main difference between object-oriented analysis and other forms of analysis is that by the object-oriented approach we organize requirements around objects, which integrate both behaviors (processes) and states (data) modeled after real world objects that

713-516: The major concerns at the time, which degraded communication efficiency and lengthened learning curves. Some of the well-known early object-oriented methodologies were from and inspired by gurus such as Grady Booch , James Rumbaugh , Ivar Jacobson (the Three Amigos ), Robert Martin , Peter Coad , Sally Shlaer , Stephen Mellor , and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock . In 1994, the Three Amigos of Rational Software started working together to develop

744-494: The model in parallel. So for example it is possible—and not seen as a source of error—to work on analysis, design, and even code all on the same day and to have issues from one stage impact issues from another. The emphasis on iterative models is that software development is a knowledge-intensive process and that things like analysis can't really be completely understood without understanding design issues, that coding issues can affect design, that testing can yield information about how

775-460: The names, class relations (e.g. Circle is a subclass of Shape), operations, and properties of the main objects. User-interface mockups or prototypes can also be created to help understanding. Object-oriented design (OOD) is the process of planning a system of interacting objects to solve a software problem. It is a method for software design . By defining classes and their functionality for their children (instantiated objects), each object can run

806-578: The object-oriented paradigm this is accomplished by defining methods that invoke services on objects. Methods can be either public or private, i.e., certain behaviors that are unique to the object are not exposed to other objects. This reduces a source of many common errors in computer programming. The software life cycle is typically divided up into stages going from abstract descriptions of the problem to designs then to code and testing and finally to deployment. The earliest stages of this process are analysis and design. The distinction between analysis and design

837-407: The object-oriented paradigm throughout the entire development life cycles . OOM is a main technique heavily used by both OOD and OOA activities in modern software engineering. Object-oriented modeling typically divides into two aspects of work: the modeling of dynamic behaviors like business processes and use cases , and the modeling of static structures like classes and components. OOA and OOD are

868-419: The same implementation of the class with its state. During OOD, a developer applies implementation constraints to the conceptual model produced in object-oriented analysis. Such constraints could include the hardware and software platforms, the performance requirements, persistent storage and transaction, usability of the system, and limitations imposed by budgets and time. Concepts in the analysis model which

899-471: The system interacts with. In other or traditional analysis methodologies, the two aspects: processes and data are considered separately. For example, data may be modeled by ER diagrams , and behaviors by flow charts or structure charts . Common models used in OOA are use cases and object models . Use cases describe scenarios for standard domain functions that the system must accomplish. Object models describe

930-529: The two distinct abstract levels (i.e. the analysis level and the design level) during OOM. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) and SysML are the two popular international standard languages used for object-oriented modeling. The benefits of OOM are: Efficient and effective communication Users typically have difficulties in understanding comprehensive documents and programming language codes well. Visual model diagrams can be more understandable and can allow users and stakeholders to give developers feedback on

961-418: Was rare (and considered a source of error) when a design issue required a change in the analysis model or when a coding issue required a change in design. The alternative to waterfall models are iterative models. This distinction was popularized by Barry Boehm in a very influential paper on his Spiral Model for iterative software development. With iterative models it is possible to do work in various stages of

Object-oriented analysis and design - Misplaced Pages Continue

#701298