Object-Oriented Methods: A Foundation

by James J. Odell and James Martin

Presents the concepts and techniques that support almost any system development approach, involving computers, people or machines. This book considers object structure, object behaviour and concepts like composition, diagrams, meta-modelling and power types. It also outlines design considerations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0136308562
• ISBN13: 9780136308560
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Provide a analytic framework to study OO systematically

In other books, you can learn what object-oriented is and how to apply object-oriented method. This book provide an perspective to explore what are the elements in a object-oriented system. this perspective show you a valuable analytic framework, you can analysis UML, object methods and object-oriented system with it.

A Must Read

Martin and Odell - an experienced team demonstrates object oriented concepts to the theoretically educated audience.Without the enlightning read of 'The OO Foundation' (Martin, Odell) the buyer might encounter difficulties to follow the discussions.As the title clearly states, the authors discuss the applications, mostly pragmatic, of oo concepts and methods. This includes the realization of oo concepts in programming languages, their limitations, best practices.The book is structured as a cook-book with powerfull how-tos not only for the application design but also for tasks of a software development process.Please note that this book does not define any methods nor does it specify a software development process. It gives you a pragmatic view based on the rich experience of the authors - even today, six years after the book was first published.A must read for every serious software developer.

Excellent explanation and easy to read

I recommend it to people wishing to strongly become familiar with OO. In comparison with "UML Users Guide", "OO Analysis and Design with C++ examples", "Applying patterns with UML ", "UML Distilled" this book explains OO at the good fundamental level and explanation is very sequential. You will understand OO approach step by step. However, this book is not for novice. Some experience is necessary. If you want just to get few basic concepts and start programming, then this book is not for you too. System Analysts, Architects and Team Leaders must read it.

Now more than ever

This book is great for enterprise modeling--as well as understanding the formal foundation of OO analysis.

Great overview--yet with great depth

If you want to get an overview of the UML foundation, this is the book! It is written in clear, easy-to-understand language, and is rich in concept. The casual reader can read it at one level, and the academic reader can read it at a deeper level. The foundation is formal without requiring the reader to be formally trained. A Foundation marries the way we perceive the world with a way to express it. A must for ontologists and system developers.