OOP

Applications of sequence diagrams
Hello! Being the part of UML, sequence diagrams are used in modeling process. However, it seems to me, that there may be another applications of S.D. Am I right? Or S.D. are entirely limited to be used inside UML? Does anyone know about non-standard S.D. usage? Thanks! ... 29 Mar 2007 21:24

Long Life Objects
Hi all Any help with this would be appreciated as I am going round in circles as a relative newcomer to OO... The problem lies with the creation of my design's long life objects. They are virtually all Dictionary objects acting as 'look-ups' for various 'type' data. For example, I have one for AddressType with ... 4 Apr 2007 05:50

OO and Extending (Was: Is Procedural Paradigm a basis of OO Paradigm?)
adaworks(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: "topmind" <topmind(a)technologist.com> wrote in message That greatly depends on the language. The fact that something _can_ be done in a given manner does not mean it _should_ be done that way. This sub-topic is really about characterising what OOP *is*, not abou... 28 Mar 2007 12:57

Difference between Factory and Abstract Factory
I've read the gang of four, and various things I've googled, but I'm just too stupid to really get the difference between a factory and an abstract factory. Help me please... ... 12 Apr 2007 16:34

Detect changes in business object (save file or not)
I have a common scenario: My application is currently based on files which contain serialized data. The business object that are created somehow (file loaded or new objects created). Now the user wants to save into a file. He does this and then manipulates some data. Then he wants to close the application. The ques... 5 Apr 2007 08:13

State of the Art Software Development Practices
Dan Turk Colorado State University 26 Rockwell Hall Fort Collins, CO 80523-1277 USA March 22, 2007 My name is Dan Turk, and I am a faculty member in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Colorado State University. My colleague, Leo Vijayasarathy, and I are conducting a study to better un... 22 Mar 2007 12:50

C++ Programmer
Dear Consultant, My name is Ganesh Kumar Singh and I work for Objectwin Technologies Inc.we are looking for people with C++,OOD,UML skills for contract and Fulltime opportunities across US We were hoping to confirm your availability and interest to consider the many job openings we presently have avail... 21 Mar 2007 18:54

Undecidability of Liskov Substitution Principle
Esdger Dijkstra allegedly said "Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California." :-) I found this paper a while ago, and have been thinking about it often in my daily programming (in C++): http://okmij.org/ftp/Computation/Subtyping/ My summary of it w... 29 Apr 2007 14:53

Are you developing for the Web?
Methods & Toosl is currently conducting a one-question poll to know What part of new developed applications are web-based (using browser as user interface) Go to www.methodsandtools.com/dynpoll/vote.php to participate and to see intermediate results. ... 21 Mar 2007 15:13

Last Call for Papers Reminder: The2007 International Conference of Parallel and Distributed Computing (ICPDC 2007)
CFP Reminder (extended): The 2007 International Conference of Parallel and Distributed Computing (ICPDC 2007) From: IAENG - International Association of Engineers Draft Paper Submission Deadline (extended): 22 March, 2007 Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration Due: 3 April, 2007 ICPDC 2007: 2-4 July, 2007, Londo... 18 Mar 2007 05:46