Exam 8: Class and Method Design

_____ refers to the level of interdependency or interrelationship among the modules in a system.

Method signatures, in conjunction with frameworks, class libraries and design patterns, offer excellent opportunities for reuse.

Using an example to explain the Inheritance Abuses.

Essentially, all OCL expressions are simply a declarative statement that evaluates to either being true or false. If the expression evaluates to true, then the constraint has been _______________.

What is cohesion? Is this desirable or undesirable in a system? Why?

Method cohesion is concerned with the level of cohesion among the attributes and methods of a class.

Using an attribute to store the value of a computation is the use of a derived attribute.

What is the Object Constraint Language? Give an OCL example.

A listing of the items that trigger the functionality in the program is known as events.

_____ means having the ability to send the same message to different objects, which can be interpreted differently by different objects.

What are the four opportunities for reuse identified in the text?

Explain the concept of polymorphism.