OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN


Meaning of OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN in English

< programming > (OOD) A design method in which a system is modelled as a collection of cooperating objects and individual objects are treated as instances of a class within a class hierarchy . Four stages can be identified: identify the classes and objects, identify their semantics , identify their relationships and specify class and object interfaces and implementation. Object-oriented design is one of the stages of object-oriented programming .

["Object-oriented analysis and design with applications", Grady Booch, 2nd ed., pub. Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood CA, 1994].

(1997-12-07)

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