The Object-Oriented Thought Process

Index

Symbols

{} (braces), 64

/**...*/ comment notation, 77

/*...*/ comment notation, 77

// comment notation, 77

- (minus sign), 21, 197

+ (plus sign), 21, 68, 197

A

aborting applications, 60

abstract interfaces, 45–47

abstraction, 23–24, 29

interface design, 45–47

access designations, 197

accessing

attributes, 81–83

object variables, 66

relational databases, 236–237

JDBC, 236–237

ODBC, 236

accessor methods, 12

accessors, 80–83

accuracy versus complexity, 134

adapter design pattern, 296–298

addition

integer addition, 68

matrix addition, 69

aggregation, 183

associations, combining with, 185–186

class diagrams, 201

Alexander, Christopher, 288, 300

Alpha and Beta Companies case study

application-to-application data transfer, 210–211

data design, ...