DocumentCode
2350131
Title
Inheritance and reusability
Author
Biddle, R.L. ; Tempero, E.D.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Victoria Univ., Wellington, New Zealand
fYear
1998
fDate
9-13 Nov 1998
Firstpage
184
Lastpage
191
Abstract
Object-oriented programming has been widely acclaimed as a technology that will support the creation of reusable software, particularly because of the inheritance facility. However, the limited practical impact has not justified the acclaim. We believe this lack of success is due not to any particular shortcoming in inheritance, but to widespread misunderstanding of the way the technology supports reusability. We explore the connection between inheritance and reusability. We show that inheritance does support reusability, but does so in ways that are not well understood
Keywords
inheritance; object-oriented programming; software reusability; inheritance; object-oriented programming; software reusability; Application software; Computer languages; Mathematical programming; Object oriented programming; Pattern analysis; Software design; Software reusability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering Conference, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Australian
Conference_Location
Adelaide, SA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-9187-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ASWEC.1998.730925
Filename
730925
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