James Martin, James Martin and Company
James J. Odell, Software Consultant

Published October, 1992 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1993, 412 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-720871-5
$46.60

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Using terms the layman can understand, this book provides an introduction to object-oriented analysis and design, and its use to create models for redesigning a business enterprise.

Easy-to-follow and complete, the book covers the OO (Object Oriented) principles of: BLOB (Binary Large OBject), class, encapsulation, information hiding, inheritance, message, method, object type, operation, and request. Information Systems professionals and all those interested in object-oriented analysis and design.

1. OO: An Integrating Platform
2. Basic Concepts
3. Why Object-Oriented?
4. Basic Guidelines
5. OO Models
6. Categorizing Objects
7. Relationships among Objects
8. States and State Changes
9. Events, Triggers, and Operations
10. Rules
11. How the Diagrams Interrelate
12. Basic Concepts of OO Design
13. Responsibility-Driven Design
14. OO Workshops with End Users
15. Methods Creation
16. OO Information Engineering
17. OO Programming Languages
18. OO CASE Tools
19. OO Databases
20. Future Tools for Reliable Software
21. Standards for OO Systems
22. The Future of Software