THE INTUITIVE NATURE OF OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING MAKES IT EASIER TO PRODUCE CODE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE EASE WITH WHICH SOFTWARE IS PRODUCED ALSO MAKES IT EASIER TO CREATE SOFTWARE OF POOR DESIGN RESULTING IN SYSTEMS LACKING RE-USABILITY, MODULARITY, AND MAINTAINABILITY. THE IDEF4 METHOD, DEVELOPED UNDER SPONSORSHIP OF THE AIR FORCE ARMSTRONG LABORATORY, IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN THE CORRECT APPLICATION OF THIS TECHNOLOGY. IDEF4 IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN METHODS, PRIMARILY IN ITS SUPPORT OF LEAST COMMITMENT STRATEGIES AND FOR ASSESSING THE DESIGN IMPACT OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN CLASS INHERITANCE, OBJECT COMPOSITION, FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION, AND POLYMORPHISM.
| Number of Pages : | 20 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
