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Object-Oriented Programming
An Overview
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Contents
• OOP and software productivity
• Features and characteristics of OOP
• Major concepts of OOP
• OOP languages
• OOP and traditional design
• Advantages and disadvantages
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What is Object-Oriented Programming
• A well-regarded and widely accepted programming technology
• Potential for much improved productivity
• Uses interacting program objects
• Objects are independent entities
• Objects respond to messages
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Software Productivity Factors
• Modularity (separation of duties)
• Extensibility (responsive to future requirements)
• Modifiability (easy to make small changes)
• Flexibility (not cast in concrete)
• Maintainability (big savings)
• Reusability (don’t reinvent the wheel)
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Software Engineering Techniques
• Data abstraction (hidden data representation)
• Program encapsulation (operations married to data)
• Software libraries (fixed reusable)
• Reusable Objects (flexible, reusable)
• Polymorphism (type-related generic operations)
• Maintenance automation
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OOP Central Concepts
• Data abstraction
• Encapsulation
• Classification
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
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OOP Characteristics
• Class definitions
• Inheritance and class hierarchy
• Operator and Function overloading
• Generic classes
• Class libraries
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OOP Languages
• Simula
• Modula
• Smalltalk
• Ada
• Objective-C
• CLOS (Common Lisp Object Standard)
• Standard C++
• Java
• Scripting languages: Perl, Javascript, Python
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Traditional vs. OOP
• Procedural Programming :
data structures + algorithms = Program
• OOP :
objects + messages = Program
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Class Definition
• Blueprint for building Objects
• Members: methods and fields
• private and public
• API—application programming interface
• relation with other classes
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An Object
Public
Method Internal
call working
interface
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Inheritance Example
Auto Sedan
Engine 2−4 Doors
Steering 4 Wheels
Inherits
Breaks Radio
Doors Trunk
Wheels
Tires
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Inheritance Example
Sedan Family Sedan
2−4 Doors 4 Doors
4 Wheels AC
Inherits Automatic
Radio
Big Trunk
Trunk Fuel Economy
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Inheritance Example
Sedan Sports Sedan
2−4 Doors 2 Doors
4 Wheels AC
Inherits Manual
Radio
Tiny Trunk
Trunk Horse power
High Price
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Inheritance Concepts
• Deriving new classes from old ones
• Single inheritance
• Partial inheritance
• Multiple inheritance
• Inheritance chain
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Generic Classes
• Class definition for unspecified data
• Container class
• Flexible and reusable
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Reusability Considerations
• Pipes / filter (ala UNIX): slow, restrictive
• Subroutine libraries: fast, inflexible
• Object libraries: flexible, and efficient
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Design Approaches
• Ways to Break The Problem Down
• Procedural decomposition
• Data decomposition
• Object-oriented decomposition
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Procedural Decomposition
• Also known as functional or traditional design
• Decompose the solution into major steps
• Decompose each major step further
• Decomposition procedural-oriented
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Traditional Design Disadvantages
• Data and operations are separated
• No data abstraction or info hiding
• Not responsive to changes in problem space
• Inadequate for concurrent problems
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Object-oriented Design Principle
• Identify interacting objects
• Characterize each object, establish attributes
• Identify the data and operations within each object
• Identify requests answered by each object
• Identity services required of other objects
• Establish relationships to other objects
• Group similar objects together
• Implement common super classes
• Implement different objects as classes
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Advantages
• Responsive to changes
• Encapsulation
• Simplify Testing, debugging
• Easy to understand
• Avoid reinventing the wheel
• Easier to manage, to maintain
• Off-the-shelf software
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Potential Disadvantages
• Over generalization
• Artificial class relations
• Unnecessary complications
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