API Design for C++

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by b indicate boxes, f indicate figures and t indicate tables.

A

ABCs, See Abstract base classes (ABCs)

ABI, See Application Binary Interface (ABI)

Abstract base classes (ABCs)

backward compatibility, 256–257

overview, 86–87

plugin implementation, 366

Abstraction

API design, 118

API problem domain model, 21–23, 22f

architecture design, 124–125

class design, 133

data-driven APIs, 166

iterators, 234

Access control

and #define, 201

and friends, 203–204

and getter/setter routines, 30

proxy patterns, 93

Access levels

encapsulation, language variations, 27

examples, 27f

and logical hiding, 26–27

Active Server Pages (ASP), web development, 8

Actors, use case template elements, 115

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