Index

O

Object class, 179

methods

Equals method, 467, 468

GetHashCode method, 474

GetType method, 474, 537

ReferenceEquals method, 474

ToString method, 472, 473

System namespace, 466

object diagrams, 357

associations as attributes, 359

object identities

casting, 536

determining class object belongs to

GetType method, 537

typeof operator, 539

Professor object example, 534

object interactions, 91

collaboration, 91

object keyword, 795

object modeling, 62, 295

See also use case modeling

benefits of experience, 336

class diagrams, 343

data dictionaries, 336

difficulty of, 332

dynamic models, 384

flexibility, 333

functional requirements, 331

goal of, 295

identifying appropriate classes, 322

metadata, 379

methodology, 296

modeling process, 300

requirements for developing, 64

reusing, 413

scenarios, 391

sequence diagrams, 395

setting up environment, 783

Path variable, 785

tips, 784

troubleshooting, 787

testing, 409

tools, 301

object serialization, approaches to, 653

object-oriented programming. See OOP

objects, 69

abstraction, 55

accessing, 113

features from methods, 122

as attributes, 84

as clients, 116

as context for method invocation, 103

as servers, 116

attributes, 70

accessing, 111

behavioral relationships, 159

changing state, 387

classes, 74

collections, 201

compared to classes, 77

conceptual, 70

constructors, 151, 510

creating, 151

data, 70

delegation, 112

deletion and garbage collection, 539

directing event toward another object, 388

encapsulation, 78, 142

events, 91

handles, 87

ignoring events, 390

implementing several interfaces, 264

information hiding, 118

inheritance, 168

instantiation, 76, 80

interaction between, 113

interactions and state, 386

language neutral, 3

links, 160

methods, 72

declarations, 93

dot notation, 102

multiple inheritance, 191

nesting compared to composition, 86

operations, 73

physical, 69

polymorphism, 239

populating arrays with, 209

publicizing features, 124

reacting with system boundaries, 390

reference variables, 80

relationship with containers and components, 670

returning a value, 389

self-referencing with this keyword, 508

services, 74

states, 70

static attributes, 271

static methods, 277

static properties, 275

structural relationships, 159

visibility, 118

exceptions to rules pertaining to, 138

objects identities, 533

Obsolete attribute, 541

Odell, James, 297

OMT notation, 348

one-dimensional arrays. See arrays

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

one-to-many association

Professor class, 566

Section class, 572

SRS class diagram, 550

UML notation, 371

one-to-one (1 to 1) multiplicity, 162

one-to-one association

SRS class diagram, 550

OO modeling tool, accessing, 783

OOP (Object-Oriented Programming), 6

distinguishing features, 247

creation of user-defined types, 247

inheritance, 247

polymorphism, 248

features of OOP languages, 89

inheritance, 173

interfaces, 266

modeling, 321

polymorphism, 237

operations, 73

operator keyword, 795

ordered lists collection, 216

ArrayList class, 224

out keyword, 795

overloading, 188

constructors, 511

override keyword, 254, 796

overriding, 182

abstract methods, 253

base class methods, 520

inherited methods, 223

multiple overrides, 185