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A note on state modeling through inheritance

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Jonathan Lee,

Nien-Lin Xue,

Tai-Lin KueiAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 23, Issue 1

Pages 104 - 110

https://doi.org/10.1145/272263.272361

Published: 01 January 1998 Publication History

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How to achieve the state modeling through inheritance has been considered as an important issue in object-oriented modeling. In this paper, an approach called Focus of Attention is proposed to make the state modeling easier by constructing state representations of a class from those of its parent. Facets impacting the state modeling are called FOA facets, which are used as a guideline to modify an inherited state model. Various specialization techniques are discussed, which help better understand the relationship between the state model of a superclass and its subclass.

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 23, Issue 1

January 1998

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/272263

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Shopyrin DShalyto A(2007)Graphical inheritance notation for state-based classesProgramming and Computing Software10.1134/S036176880705004033:5(283-292)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2007
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