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Object-Oriented Software Engineering - The professional Developer’s Guide(on OMG’s OOA/OOD proposal). George Wilkie. Contents. Why should I consider OOA&D OO analysis OO design A reference model for OOA&D Summary of some OOA&D methods. Experience with OOA&D Choosing an OOA&D method
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Object-Oriented Software Engineering - The professional Developer’s Guide(on OMG’s OOA/OOD proposal) George Wilkie
Contents • Why should I consider OOA&D • OO analysis • OO design • A reference model for OOA&D • Summary of some OOA&D methods. • Experience with OOA&D • Choosing an OOA&D method • Summary and conclusion.
4.1 Why should I consider OO analysis and design • OO approaches are seeking to resolve some problems that tranditional structured analysis and design. • The Objects model in OOA&D provide a more realistic representation, which an end user can more readily understand. • OOA&D provides a consistent approach which maps cleanly onto a physical design and implementation. • OOA&D provides a framework which supports reuse and extensibility.
4.2 OO analysis • The result of analysis are requirements specifications which clearly describe what the software external behavior should be, without any prejudgement about how the software will produce this exact behaviour. • Phases of analysis and design. (P74 figure 4.2)
4.2.1 Essence of OO analysis • Class relationship diagrams • Class inheritance diagrams. • Object interaction diagrams • Object state tables. • User access diagrams. • Textual specification documents.
4.2.2 OO analysis vs Structured analysis • OO technique provides a more consistent approach to system modelling. • OO view more closely reflects the real world where humans are used to thinking in terms of things which possess both attributes and behaviours. • OO provides reuse possibility from the class hierarchy views of the system. • OO analysis is able to model the user interface to a system.
4.2.3 Shortcomings of OOA • OO analysis techniques are still the subject of much debate and research. • The mixing of analysis and design methods is a problem with OO techniques.
4.3 OO design. • The difference between OO analysis and design is not always very clear. • Design considerationsinclude hardware and software issues.
4.3.1 Problem with traditional structured design • It fails to take the evolutionary nature of software systems into accounts. • Often the data structure aspect is neglected. • Working top-down does not promote reusability.
4.3.2 Class and application design • Class design • Identify classes. • Identify subclass within each class. • Identify abstract behaviour of each class • Identify common behavior • Identify specific types of behavior • Application design is a top-down adn bottom-up process, designing teh application from the existign building blocks.
4.3.3 Benefits from OO design • Information hidding. • Weak coupling • Strong cohesion • Exensibility
4.3.4 Shortcomings of OOD • Identifying class. • Blurred boundaries between design and both analysis and implemetation. • Variable degrees of OO support in existing CASE tools. • Elaborate and complex notations.
4.4 A reference Model for analysis and design • A reference model is defined in order to compare OO analysis and design methods. • P99 Figure 4.12 • P100 Figure 4.13
4.5 Summary of some OO analysis and design methods • OO analysis and design • Booch method • OOSE • OSMOSYS • OO systems analysis • OMT • RDD • OORASS • HOOD • OOSD • Object-Oriented software development
4.5.1 OO analysis and design (Coad and Yourdon) • Analysis process: five layers • P108 notation • Design process: four components • Pragramtics: CASE tool support • Discussion: Simplcity of notation, design phase is sketchy and need evlove.
4.5.2 Booch method • Design process: Incremental design, a spiral development model. • Notation: rich in symbols. • Pragmatics: Rational Rose. • Discussion: complicated notation, a set of techniques without a well-defined process.
4.5.3 OOSE • The method encompass analysis and design. • From requirements models to implementation models. • Notation: P122 P123 • Pragmatic: CASE tool, documentation and published text. • Discussion: Two stage analysis procedure provides a more robust model.(use-case, analysis model)
4.5.4 OSMOSYS • A propretary method • The process: Two development apporaches: Functional approach and OO approach. • Notation: 8 main diagrams. • Pragmatic: A toolset. • Discussion: well-documented process and the tool support. Concentrated on teh techniques and overall process.
4.5.5 Object-oriented systems analysis • An adaptation of traditional structured methods using entity modelling. • The analysis process: three steps. • Notation: different diagrams at different stages. • Discussion: most applicable to real-time systems. Lack design procedure and process
4.5.6 OMT • The process: three phase (analysis, system design and object design) • Notation: P134 Fig 4.30 • Pragmatic: OMTool. Published text. • Discussion: place more emphasis on specifying what an object is rather than how it is used.
4.5.7 RDD • A revolutionary approach. • The process: The process requires that a written specificaton existes and concentrates on analysing these requirements. • Notation: CRC (class, responsibility and collaboration) • Pragmatic: CRC is limited in use to about 20-30 classes. • Discussion: Truely OO approach to analysis. In RDD the analysis phase is part of design.
4.5.8 OORASS • The concepts and techniques used in OORASS is quite different from others. • Concepts: Role and role modelling. Role models focus on describing patterns of interaction without connecting the interactionto particular objects. • Process: Iterative, 6 steps. • Notation: P141 Fig 4.33 , text notation exists. • Pragmatic: published articles. CASE tool, courses. • Discussion: A proprietary method. Using roles to view analysis .
4.5.9 OOSD • Notation:elaborate notations. • Pragmatic: CASE tool (from IDE) • Discussion: Only a notation for OO design.
4.5.10 HOOD method • Grew out of Ada community • Map its features directly to Ada concepts. • Not properly Object-oriented.
4.5.11 The Object-oriented software development method • The process: requirement analysis, preliminary design and detailed design. • Notation: interaction, hierarchy and class diagrams, P148 Fig 4.34 • Pragmatic: a highly extensible CASE tool • Discussion: well suited to the development of real time applications.Object interaction diagrams are the best feature, while class diagrams are not well defined.
4.6 Experience with OO analysis and design • A foundamental objective of OO analysis and design is to derive a good class hierarchy. • Four basic kind of class can be identified during the developement . • Foundation class. • Application framework classes. • Business classes. • Application classes.
4.7 Choosing a OO analysis and design method • Conceptual issues. • General method issues. • Techniques.
4.8 summary • Introduced techniques adn tools to support OO analysis and design. • Discussed the relative merits and problems with OO compared to structured techniques. • Some methods are strong on process adn techniques but weak on notation while other others are strong on notation but the process is almost non-existent.