Re: Interesting but sensitive topic to discuss (HELP: - OOP and CASE tools)

[Anthony Menio <menio@pegasus.montclair.edu>]

On 11 Nov 1996, Piercarlo Grandi wrote:
> 
> Do OO programs by and large describe static relationships between
> modules (or parts thereof like interfaces)? Or do they describe
> collections of instances/clones of those modules (or their types) and
> how they interact?
> 
> 
In addition to the comments made in my last post I though following
would offer a clear and correct answer. Systems with an object
oriented architecture consist of objects. Classes are merely blue
prints to create objects from. Just as a building
is made of beams, rooms,prefab components and cars of
transmissions,radiators,exhust systems system  and not
the blueprints of these things so with an OO software system.
The essence of OO architecture is the viewing
of abstract systems in terms of the real world, ie as if the were
physical systems. Thus it a fundamental process to
resolve such questions through examing systems of the source
domain of the metaphor to gain a better understanding
of conceptual issues in the target domain. 

Anthony Menio
I.S. Student
menio@pegasus.montclair.edu