July 2001
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
6h 52m
English
book
Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design
by Alan Shalloway, James R. Trott
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Part II: The Limitations of Traditional Object-Oriented Design
Part Overview
In this part, I solve a real-world problem using standard object-oriented methods. This was a problem I worked on when I was just beginning to learn design patterns.
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A description of the CAD/CAM problem: extract information from a large computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) database to feed a complex and expensive analysis program.
Because the CAD/CAM system continues to evolve, the problem cries out for flexible code.
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My first solution to the CAD/CAM problem, using standard object-oriented methods.
At the time I actually worked on this problem, I hadn't yet learned the essence of the principles behind many design ...