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Object-Oriented Metamethods

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  1. B. Henderson-Sellers

    1. School of Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia

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  2. A. Bulthuis

    1. School of Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia

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  • Covers the important debate currently taking place in the software industry *

  • This source will be in great demand as the debate continues * Henderson-Sellers is a leading figure in the software engineering community

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Background to the Project

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Methodology “Explosion”

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 3-4

    3. What Does Industry Require?

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 5-8

    4. Standardized Methodologies?

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 9-20

  3. Project Description and Results

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Description of the COMMA Project

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 23-32

    3. The Derived Metamodels

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 33-117

  4. The COMMA core metamodels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. An Embryonic Core

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 121-142

    3. Conclusions and Recommendations

      • B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis
      Pages 143-144

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 145-158
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About this book

Object technology is maturing rapidly. One sign of that is the formality of the discussions that occur all around the world: at conferences, in newsgroups, in industry developer groups and in academe. One face of formality is metamodelling: seeking the model of the model that gives the rules by which the model itself is constructed. In OT terms, it means seeking the underpinning rules in a methodology in which, for instance, it is suggested we depict an aggregate structure using one particular notation. The questions that need answering are the semantics of that relation­ ship and the constraints; i. e. , when and how it is allowable and what values/constructs are not admissible. In the past, these rules and constraints have been merely written down in textbooks and methodology manuals. Unfortunately, despite the plethora of au­ thoring and word processing programs available, this leads to in­ consistencies when cross-checks are not assiduously undertaken. There are few explict signs of metamodels in the published OOAD texts. In this book, we describe how we found those metamodels implicitly written into the methods. We formalized each of these in exactly the same way, using the same metalevel concepts and metarelationships. This book describes the fruits of those metamodelling labours, which we undertook as objectively as possible in 1995. In 1996 we then worked with the individual methodologists to ensure that we had not misinterpreted any par­ ticular metamodels.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Computer Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorne, Australia

    B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Object-Oriented Metamethods

  • Authors: B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1748-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-98257-1Published: 19 December 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7263-2Published: 05 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-1748-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 158

  • Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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