Table of Contents

	Table of Contents
	Index

 

Object-Oriented Thought Process, The, Second Edition
By Matt  Weisfeld
Publisher	: Sams Publishing
Pub Date	: December 10, 2003
ISBN	: 0-672-32611-6
Pages	: 304

                

		Copyright
		Developer's Library
		About the Author
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Introduction
			This Book's Scope
			What's New in the Second Edition
			The Intended Audience
			This Book's Scope
			This Book's Conventions
			Source Code Used in this Book
		Chapter 1.   Introduction to Object-Oriented Concepts
			Procedural Versus OO Programming
			Moving from Procedural to Object-Oriented Development
			What Exactly Is an Object?
			What Exactly Is a Class?
			Using UML to Model a Class Diagram
			Encapsulation
			Inheritance
			Polymorphism
			Composition
			Conclusion
		Chapter 2.   How to Think in Terms of Objects
			Knowing the Difference Between the Interface and the Implementation
			Using Abstract Thinking when Designing Interfaces
			Giving the User the Minimal Interface Possible
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 3.   Advanced Object-Oriented Concepts
			Constructors
			Error Handling
			The Concept of Scope
			Operator Overloading
			Multiple Inheritance
			Object Operations
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 4.   The Anatomy of a Class
			The Name of the Class
			Comments
			Attributes
			Constructors
			Accessors
			Public Interface Methods
			Private Implementation Methods
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 5.   Class Design Guidelines
			Identifying the Public Interfaces
			Designing Robust Constructors (and Perhaps Destructors)
			Designing Error Handling into a Class
			Designing with Reuse in Mind
			Designing with Extensibility in Mind
			Designing with Maintainability in Mind
			Using Object Persistence
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 6.   Designing with Objects
			Design Guidelines
			Case Study: A Blackjack Example
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 7.   Mastering Inheritance and Composition
			Inheritance
			Composition
			Why Encapsulation Is Fundamental to OO
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 8.   Frameworks and Reuse: Designing with Interfaces and Abstract Classes
			Code: To Reuse or Not to Reuse?
			What Is a Framework?
			What Is a Contract?
			An E-Business Example
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 9.   Building Objects
			Composition Relationships
			Building in Phases
			Types of Composition
			Avoiding Dependencies
			Cardinality
			Tying It All Together: An Example
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 10.   Creating Object Models with UML
			What Is UML?
			The Structure of a Class Diagram
			Attributes and Methods
			Access Designations
			Inheritance
			Interfaces
			Composition
			Cardinality
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 11.   Persistent Objects: Serialization and Relational Databases
			Persistent Object Basics
			Saving the Object to a Flat File
			Writing to a Relational Database
			Loading the Driver
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 12.   Objects and XML: Portable Data
			Portable Data
			The Extensible Markup Language (XML)
			XML Versus HTML
			XML and Object-Oriented Languages
			Sharing Data Between Two Companies
			Validating the Document with the Document Type Definition (DTD)
			Integrating the DTD into the XML Document
			Using Cascading Style Sheets
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 13.   Objects and the Internet
			Object-based Scripting Languages
			A JavaScript Validation Example
			Java Applets Are Objects
			JavaBeans Are Objects
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 14.   Distributed Objects and the Enterprise
			The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
			Java's Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
			Java's Enterprise JavaBeans
			Types of Enterprise JavaBeans
			Conclusion
			References
		Chapter 15.   Design Patterns
			Why Design Patterns?
			Smalltalk's Model/View/Controller
			Types of Design Patterns
			Antipatterns
			Conclusion
			References
		Index