Reference : Relationships Meet Their Roles in Object Oriented Programming

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Engineering, computing & technology : Computer science
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/25079

Title :	Relationships Meet Their Roles in Object Oriented Programming
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Baldoni, Matteo [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC) >]
	Boella, Guido [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC) >]
	van der Torre, Leon [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Computer Science and Communications Research Unit (CSC) >]
Publication date :	2007
Main document title :	International Symposium on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, International Symposium, FSEN 2007, Tehran, Iran, April 17-19 2007, Proceedings
Publisher :	Springer
Collection and collection volume :	Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4767
Pages :	440–448
Peer reviewed :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISBN :	978-3-540-75697-2
Event name :	International Symposium on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, International Symposium, FSEN 2007, Tehran, Iran, April 17-19 2007, Proceedings
Event date :	2007
Keywords :	[en] patterns modelling relationships ; Object Oriented programming
Abstract :	[en] In this paper we study how roles can be added to patterns modelling relationships in Object Oriented programming. Relationships can be introduced in programming languages either by reducing them to attributes of the objects which participate in the relationship, or by modelling the relationship itself as a class whose instances have the participants of the relationships among their attributes. However, even if roles have been recognized as an essential component of relationships, also in modelling languages like UML, they have not been introduced in Object Oriented programming when it is necessary to model relationships. Introducing roles allows to add attributes and behaviors to the participants in the relationship, rather than to the relationship itself, and to distinguish the natural types of the participants in the relationships from the roles the participants acquire in the relationships. We show how the role model of the language powerJava can be used to endow the relationship as attribute pattern with roles.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public ; Others
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/25079
DOI :	10.1007/978-3-540-75698-9_32
Other URL :	http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-540-75698-9_32
Commentary :	4767

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