Index

M

Main method, 10, 594

command-line arguments, 502

for individual classes, 636

simplifying, 653

SRS driver class, 426

static, 501

variants, 500

MainForm class

adding to SRS, 732

changes to, 741

methods

AddButtonClicked method, 751

DropButtonClicked method, 753

GetCourseTotal method, 739

GetSectionsEnrolled method, 739

housekeeping methods, 757

LogOffButtonButtonClicked method, 755

RegisteredSelectionChanged method, 756

SaveButtonClicked method, 754

ScheduleSelectionChanged method, 756

SsnTextBoxKeyUp method, 747

managers, recommendations for next steps, 763

many-to-many (m to m) multiplicity, 164

many-to-many association

Section class, 572

SRS class diagram, 550

UML notation, 370

Martin, James, 297

Math class

Sqrt method, 207

static methods, 283

Mellor, Stephen, 297

members, 76

C# terminology, 423

memory allocation

handles, 88

memory leaks, 539

Message property

Exception class, 462

IOException class, 461

MessageBox class

building GUIs, 686

creating modal message dialog boxes, 712

Show method, 712

messages

chaining, 529

passing, 102

sequence diagrams, 397

metadata, 379

SRS class diagram, 550

method chaining, 560

method declarations, 93

arguments, passing, 95

headers, 94

implementing business logic, 98

method bodies, 97

naming, 101

return statement, 99

return types, 96

collections as method, 97

method headers

accessibility, 126

as interfaces, 257

declaring methods, 94

method hiding, 530

and polymorphism, 531

considerations, 532

method invocation

arguments and parameters, 102

C# expressions, 105

capturing return values, 106

delegation, 112

dot notation, 102

accessing attributes, 111

objects

as clients and servers, 116

as context, 103

passing messages between objects, 109

signatures, 107

method signatures, 107

exceptions to rules pertaining to visibility, 138

usually declared as public, 124

visibility, 118

methods, 10, 72

abstract, 250

accessing class features from, 122

accessor, 127

attributes, accessing from within class's own methods, 148

C# terminology, 423

collections as method return types, 227

concrete, 252

constructors, 151

determining with sequence diagrams, 401

get/set methods, 127

handles, returning, 97

implementing interfaces, 256

message chaining, 529

message passing, 102

method hiding, 530

modifier, 127

multiple overrides, 185

naming conventions, 402

overloading, 188

overriding, 182, 520

abstract methods, 253

nonabstract methods, 533

polymorphism, 239

private, when to declare as, 139

representing in UML, 344

unauthorized access to data, preventing, 142

Meyer, Bertrand, 297

Microsoft Intermediate Language. See MSIL

MinimumSize property

Form class, 701

modal message dialog boxes, 712

modeling, 62

See also use case modeling

associations

and information flow, 361

as attributes, 359

benefits of experience, 336

class diagrams, 343

data dictionaries, 336

difficulty of, 332

dynamic models, 384

flexibility, 333

functional requirements, 331

identifying appropriate classes, 322

inherent challenges, 63

metadata, 379

object diagrams, 357

reusing models, 413

scenarios, 391

sequence diagrams, 395

testing, 409

transforming into C# code, 547

models, MVC, 672

separating from view, 731

modifier methods, 127

data integrity, ensuring, 143

encapsulation, 142

unauthorized access to data, preventing, 142

MouseDown event

Button class, 723

MouseUp event

Button class, 723

MoveNext method

IDictionaryEnumerator interface, 492

IEnumerator interface, 490

MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language), 436

multicast delegates, 722

event delegates, 723

multiclass applications

compiling, 428

multidimensional arrays

jagged arrays, 213

rectangular arrays, 212

syntax for declaring, 214

multiple inheritance, 191

multiplicity

links, 164

many-to-many (m to m), 164

one-to-many (1 to m), 163

one-to-one (1 to1), 162

UML notations, 353

multiplicity designators, UML, 347

multiplicity, 162

MVC paradigm, 672

separating model from view, 731