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Monday, July 19, 2010

Characteristics of the Object-Oriented Approach Part-2

As i discussed in previous article the first two Characteristics of the Object-Oriented Approach. In this article we discussed about the other two Characteristics of the Object-Oriented Approach.



Resilience to Change

The object-oriented approach allows systems to evolve. When a change is suggested, the old system need not be completely abandoned. Consider the example of Joy Toys, Inc., is a company that manufactures toys for children in the age group of 1 to 12. Its car toys are popular with children because of their attractive colors, shape and sound.

For a couple of years, the company had no cause for complain about the design of the toy car. However, due to the advancement in technology and increasing competition, the designers now want to stop manufacturing the old car because the market requirements have changed. They want the company to manufacture a car that has flashing lights and is remotely controlled.


In the object-oriented system, this requirement does not mean that the new car needs to be built from scratch. The new features can be easily incorporated in the old toy car without modifying the color, shape and sound of the toy car.

Resilience to change also results in easier maintenance. This feature of object-oriented methodology is known as extensibility. The ability of a class to inherit features from another class also makes object-oriented  programs more extensible. For the same reason, even during construction, parts of the system under development can be refined without any major changes to other parts.

Existence as Different Forms

Using the object-oriented approach, objects can be made to respond differently to the same message. The response is decided based on the information or parameters provided with the message.

NOTE :-


Information is passed as parameters in a function. For a detailed study of functions and parameters, it will be detailed in further articles.

If a car collides against an object, the behavior of the car after the collision will depend on the speed of the car and nature of the object that hit the car. For example, if the car collides with another car at high speed, both the cars will be smashed and the drivers might get injured. On the other hand, if a car collides with a street light at a slow speed, the impact would be less. This ability to react differently based on the information associated with the message is known as polymorphism.

In the next article we will discuss the PHASES OF OBJECT ORIENTATION.

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