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Object-Oriented Graphics

From GKS and PHIGS to Object-Oriented Systems

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Peter Wisskirchen

    1. Institute for Applied Information Technology, National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), Sankt Augustin 1, Germany

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Part of the book series: Symbolic Computation (SYMBOLIC)

Part of the book sub series: Computer Graphics - Systems and Applications (1276)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 1-18

  3. Object-Oriented Concepts

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 19-52

  4. Object-Oriented Interface Architecture

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 53-74

  5. Smalltalk-80 Graphics Kernel

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 75-82

  6. GKS and Object-Oriented System Design

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 83-101

  7. Graphics Part Hierarchies

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 102-110

  8. PHIGS and Part Hierarchies

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 111-118

  9. GEO++

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 119-147

  10. Programming Examples

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 148-177

  11. Using Inheritance

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 178-195

  12. Prototypes and Delegation

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 196-200

  13. GEO++ in Smalltalk-80

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 201-206

  14. Additional Concepts and Tools

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 207-220

  15. Towards an Object-Oriented Standard?

    • Peter Wisskirchen
    Pages 221-227

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 229-236
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About this book

At present, object-oriented programming is emerging from the research labora­ tories and invading into the field of industrial applications. More and more products have been implemented with the aid of object-oriented programming techniques and tools, usually as extensions of traditional languages in hybrid development systems. Some of the better known examples are OSF-Motif, News, Objective-C on the NeXT computer, the C extension C++, and CLOS an object­ oriented extension of LISP. All of these developments incorporate interactive graphics. Effective object-oriented systems in combination with a graphics kernel­ does it mean that the field of computer graphics has now become merely an aspect of the object-oriented world? We do not think so. In spite of interesting individual developments, there are still no sound object-oriented graphics sys­ tems available. If it is desired to develop a complex graphics application embed­ ded in a window-oriented system then it is still necessary to work with elemen­ tary tools. What is to be displayed and interactively modified inside a window must be specified with a set of graphics primitives at a low level, or has to be written with a standardized graphics kernel system such as GKS or PHIGS, i. e. , by kernels specified and implemented in a non-object-oriented style. With the terms GKS and PHIGS we enter the world of international graphics standards. GKS and PHIGS constitute systems, not mere collections of graphics primitives.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Applied Information Technology, National Research Center for Computer Science (GMD), Sankt Augustin 1, Germany

    Peter Wisskirchen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Object-Oriented Graphics

  • Book Subtitle: From GKS and PHIGS to Object-Oriented Systems

  • Authors: Peter Wisskirchen

  • Series Title: Symbolic Computation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84247-4

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-84249-8Published: 25 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84247-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Graphics

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