Distinguished Dissertations

Gardner, Tracy A.

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-10-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781447110927

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-0121-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 204