Introduction to Object Oriented Programming

Timothy A. Budd

Chapter 9

Mechanisms for Software Reuse

Outline

1. Overview
2. Inheritance and Substitutability
3. Two Approaches to Software Reuse
   1. Inheritance
   2. Composition
4. Example - Building Sets from Lists
   1. Using Inheritance
   2. Using Composition
5. Advantages and Disadvantages of Mechanism
6. Will widespread software reuse become reality?

Other Material

• Self Assessment Study Guide
• another view of this topic.

Intro OOP, Chapter 9, Slide 1