Index_O

O

object-oriented programming. See OOP

object-oriented programming languages. See OOPLs

objects

abstract, 24

in the business world, 79

in C++, 243244

collaboration, 124

decomposing attributes to data, 102103

defined, 2, 3 , 4, 11, 100

defining, 127

describing attributes, 101102

describing behaviors, 103107

entity relationships, 110111

identifying attributes, 100101

identifying behaviors, 103

is a test, 124

names , 100

relationships among, 108113

subobjects, 123

one-to-many entity relationships, 110

one-to-one entity relationships, 110

OOP, 10

behavior problems, 117

collaboration, 135148

computer world vs. real world, 128130

and data, 122

graphic user interfaces (GUIs), 116

hierarchical problems, 119

internal and external models, 118119

morphing of a hierarchy, 123124

vs. procedural languages, 116117

real-world challenges of, 125128

real-world hierarchy, 123124

redundancy, 117

self-contained data vs. wide source of data, 121

simulations, 117118

task-oriented , 120121

theory vs. real world, 116122

OOPLs, 189

See also C#; C++; Java

operators, dot, 24

overloading, 50