Inheritance Relationships for Disciplined Software Construction
Nonfiction, Computers, Programming, Software Development, Operating Systems, General Computing
| Author: | Tracy A. Gardner | ISBN: | 9781447101215 |
| Publisher: | Springer London | Publication: | December 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tracy A. Gardner |
| ISBN: | 9781447101215 |
| Publisher: | Springer London |
| Publication: | December 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Springer |
| Language: | English |
Object-oriented inheritance has been in widespread use for a decade, and it is now realised that although inheritance is a powerful modelling tool with many associated advantages, its benefits are not automatically conferred on systems that simply use it.
This book introduces a model of inheritance based around five fundamental inheritance relationships. Each relationship has a clear conceptual basis, representing a fundamental, specialised use of inheritance. The resulting model replaces a confused notion of inheritance with five distinct conceptual relationships supporting more precise modelling of systems and capturing the semantic intent of each use of inheritance within a system.
Object-oriented inheritance has been in widespread use for a decade, and it is now realised that although inheritance is a powerful modelling tool with many associated advantages, its benefits are not automatically conferred on systems that simply use it.
This book introduces a model of inheritance based around five fundamental inheritance relationships. Each relationship has a clear conceptual basis, representing a fundamental, specialised use of inheritance. The resulting model replaces a confused notion of inheritance with five distinct conceptual relationships supporting more precise modelling of systems and capturing the semantic intent of each use of inheritance within a system.
