Object-Oriented Programming in Oberon-2
2nd Edition
Published on 7. September 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIII, 278 pages
978-3-540-60062-6 (ISBN)
Description
Without a doubt the idea of object-oriented programming has brought some motion into the field of programming methodology and enlarged the set of programming languages. Object-oriented programming is nothing new-it first arose in the sixties. The motivation came from the simulation of discrete event systems. The concept first manifested itself in the language Simula 67. It took nearly two decades for the method to gain impetus, and today object-oriented programming is an important concept and a powerful technique. Meanwhile, we can even speak of an over reaction, for the concept has become a buzzword. But buzzwords always appear where there is the hope of exploiting ill-informed clients because they see the new approach as the solution to all their problems. Thus object-oriented programming is often hailed as a panacea. And so the question is justified: What is really behind it? To let the cat out of the bag: There is more to object-oriented programming than merely putting data as objects in the fore ground, instead of algorithms to which the data are subject. It is more than purely an alternative view of programmed systems. To identify the essence of object-oriented programming, is the subject of this book. This is a textbook that shows in a didactically skillful way which concepts and constructs are new, where they can be employed reasonably, and what advantages they offer. For, not all programs are automatically improved by merely recasting them in an object-oriented style.
More details
Edition
Second Edition 1995
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
14 s/w Abbildungen
XIII, 278 p. 14 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-60062-6 (9783540600626)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-79898-6
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
06/1993
Springer
€85.55
Article exhausted; check for reprint
Persons
Hanspeter Mössenböck is Professor of Computer Science at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and has been involved with programming languages and compilers for many years. For more than 20 years, he has been working with Oracle Labs in the field of dynamic compiler optimization for Java and other programming languages. Many of the techniques developed at his institute are now used in Java systems worldwide. He is the author of several books on Java, C#, .NET and compiler-generating systems.
Content
1 Overview.- 1.1 Procedure-Oriented Thinking.- 1.2 Object-Oriented Thinking.- 1.3 Object-Oriented Languages.- 1.4 How OOP Differs from Conventional Programming.- 1.5 Classes as Abstraction Mechanisms.- 1.6 History of Object-Oriented Languages.- 1.7 Summary.- 2 Oberon-2.- 2.1 Features of Oberon-2.- 2.2 Declarations.- 2.3 Expressions.- 2.4 Statements.- 2.5 Procedures.- 2.6 Modules.- 2.7 Commands.- 3 Data Abstraction.- 3.1 Concrete Data Structures.- 3.2 Abstract Data Structures.- 3.3 Abstract Data Types.- 4 Classes.- 4.1 Methods.- 4.2 Classes and Modules.- 4.3 Examples.- 4.4 Common Questions.- 5 Inheritance.- 5.1 Type Extension.- 5.2 Compatibility of a Base Type and its Extension.- 5.3 Static and Dynamic Type.- 5.4 Run-Time Type Checking.- 5.5 Extensibility in an Object-Oriented Sense.- 5.6 Common Questions.- 6 Dynamic Binding.- 6.1 Messages.- 6.2 Abstract Classes.- 6.3 Examples.- 6.4 Message Records.- 6.5 Common Questions.- 7 Typical Applications.- 7.1 Abstract Data Types.- 7.2 Generic Components.- 7.3 Heterogeneous Data Structures.- 7.4 Replaceable Behavior.- 7.5 Adaptable Components.- 7.6 Semifinished Products.- 7.7 Summary.- 8 Useful Techniques.- 8.1 Initialization of Objects.- 8.2 Extending a System at Run Time.- 8.3 Persistent Objects.- 8.4 Wrapping Classes in Other Classes.- 8.5 Extensibility in Multiple Dimensions.- 8.6 Multiple Inheritance.- 8.7 Models and Views.- 8.8 Iterators.- 8.9 Modifying Inherited Methods.- 9 Object-Oriented Design.- 9.1 Functional Design.- 9.2 Object-Oriented Design.- 9.3 Identifying the Classes.- 9.4 Designing the Interface of a Class.- 9.5 Abstract Classes.- 9.6 Relationships between Classes.- 9.7 When to Use Classes.- 9.8 Common Design Errors.- 10 Frameworks.- 10.1 Subsystems and Frameworks.- 10.2 The MVC Framework.- 10.3 A Framework forObjects in Texts.- 10.4 Application Frameworks.- 11 Oberon0 - A Case Study.- 11.1 The Viewer System.- 11.2 Handling User Input.- 11.3 A Text Editor.- 11.4 A Graphics Editor.- 11.5 Embedding Graphics in Texts.- 12 Costs and Benefits of OOP.- 12.1 Benefits.- 12.2 Costs.- 12.3 The Future.- A Oberon-2 - Language Definition.- A.1 Introduction.- A.2 Syntax.- A.3 Vocabulary and Representation.- A.4 Declarations and Scope Rules.- A.5 Constant Declarations.- A.6 Type Declarations.- A.7 Variable Declarations.- A.8 Expressions.- A.9 Statements.- A.10 Procedure Declarations.- A.11 Modules.- A.12 Appendices to the Language Definition.- B The Module OS.- C The Module IO.- D How to Get Oberon.