From COBOL to OOP
Written for the experienced COBOL programmer, this nuts and bolts guide offers a comprehensive introduction to OOP techniques, and provides a migration of 10 million lines of COBOL code to object-oriented programming.
TABLE OF CONTENTS From COBOL to OOP
Appendix C: Glossary
- abstract class
- This type of class typically consists of nothing but method headers, without implementation. Such a class is never used in an application but serves merely as an artificial superclass.
- Abstract Data Structure (ADS)
- A data structure that can be used by an arbitrary client by accessing well-defined procedures but that has an open implementation.
- Abstract Data Type (ADT)
- A data structure that presents itself like a data type to the outside.
- aggregation
- Composition of several objects as parts of a new object.
- anomalies
- Unexpected results incurred during an insert, delete, or modify operation, caused by an error in the database design.
- assignment compatibility
- The right expression of an assignment can be assigned to the left part without the need to convert between types.
- association
- A relationship between two objects.
- attribute
- The describing properties of an entity type, such as a customer number, a name, or a phone number.
- balanced tree
- This is a special type of tree that cannot degenerate into a linear list. The height of the tree increases only if it is absolutely necessary.
- base class
- A class serving as a superclass for other classes; the base class itself is not derived from any other class for example, TObject in Delphi.
- binary tree
- A special type of tree with each node having a maximum of two sons (one on the left and one on the right).
- class
- A class can be thought of as an abstract data type one for which variables can be declared, which then...
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