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Complex associations: abstractions in object-oriented modeling

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Bent Bruun KristensenAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 29, Issue 10

Pages 272 - 286

https://doi.org/10.1145/191081.191120

Published: 01 October 1994 Publication History

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Objects model phenomena and a phenomenon is usually a component. Information characterizing a component is encapsulated and accessible only by its methods. The relations between components are modeled explicitly by means of associations or references. A relation is also a phenomenon and objects can model this type of phenomena too. Components are usually related conceptually in diverse and subtle ways: Some relations are implicitly given and some are local to other more basic relations. Such kinds of relations are important for understanding the organization and cooperation of objects and may be supported in object-oriented analysis, design, and programming: An implicit association describes a relation between an object and objects local to this enclosing object, and a complex association describes an explicit relation between local objects in different enclosing objects. Such associations are described by classes and the objects have the usual properties including methods and attributes.

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Complex associations: abstractions in object-oriented modeling
1. Information systems
  1. Data management systems
    1. Database design and models
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 29, Issue 10

Oct. 1994

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DOI:10.1145/191081

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