Module interconnection features in object-oriented development tools

The black-box reuse of library classes in the construction of an object-oriented (OO) application is dicult: the principle of information hiding may be violated if classes must know their partners, and code must be typically rewritten. One of the possible ways to increase class decoupling and thus reuse is to employ interconnection languages to describe OO architectures. In this paper we present a decoupling paradigm for individual classes or class collections that facilitates reuse, introducing interconnection features at the design and programming levels. We give examples in a new, second generation OO development system, using asynchronous messages sent to generically identi

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: JSS
• Authors: Sergio E. R. de Carvalho, Julio Cesar Sampaio do Prado Leite
• Keywords: Black-box Reuse, Generation Oo Development, JSS 2000, Reuse