Object-oriented design of a message handling system protocol

Author

Erradey, S. ; Kadoch, M. ; Bochmann, G.V.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Inf. et de Recherche Oper., Montreal Univ., Que., Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

5-8 Sep 1995

Firstpage

842

Abstract

This paper presents a specification and object-oriented modelling technique for a distributed application. The object-oriented specification of a distributed application provides a natural mapping of the system components onto objects and supports the implementation of reusable software components. The application is the X.400 message handling system defined in its 1988 version in the context of the reference model for open systems interconnection. The BOOCH object-oriented analysis and design method has been used to facilitate the mastery of the notation and the process of object-oriented design by understanding the fundamental elements of the object model such as abstraction, encapsulation, modularity, hierarchy, typing, concurrency and persistence

Keywords

distributed processing; electronic messaging; object-oriented methods; open systems; protocols; software reusability; telecommunication computing; BOOCH object oriented analysis; X.400 message handling system; abstraction; concurrency; distributed application; encapsulation; hierarchy; message handling system protocol; modularity; object model; object oriented design; object oriented modelling; object oriented specification; open systems interconnection; persistence; reference model; reusable software components; system components; typing; Application software; Concurrent computing; Context modeling; Design methodology; Encapsulation; Object oriented modeling; Open systems; Process design; Protocols; Software reusability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1995. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2766-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1995.526427

Filename

526427