* Re: Documenting an Object Oriented Design
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@ 1995-04-18 0:00 ` cjames
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> In article <8849291418041995/A29581/RIT2/1194939D3100*@MHS>,
> <WILLIAM.FENTY@REUTERS.COM> writes:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a question. I have seen a lot of Information on Object Oriented
> > Design and Object Oriented Languages. Does anyone know where I might
> > find information on how to document an object oriented design?
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Bill Fenty
> > william.fenty@reuters.com
> >
>
> The one used in Europe now with success is Business Object Notation [BON].
>
> See the FAQ for comp.lang.eiffel for details of the 1995 book.
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>
The book is by Kim Walden and Jean-Marc Nerson. "Seamless Object-Oriented
Software Architecture : Analysis and Design of Reliable Systems". 1995.
Prentice Hall (UK). ISBN: 0-13-031303-3.
This book is already in its second printing. The methodology is supported by
EiffelCASE from Interactive Software Engineering, Inc (Bertrand Meyer's company)
at (805) 685 - 1006. ISE also probably has the book above for sale and Meyer's
latest book "Object Success" which is surely to be a best seller in the field.
The advantage of BON is that assertions can be checked with predicate logic to
validate the correctness of the design. Of the 40-50 other methodologies, none
do this. The Walden and Nerson book also details why the following methods have
defective logic, ie can be amibiguous and hence invalid: Jim Rumbaugh's OMT, Chen
et al's ER, and Grady's Booch Method.
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