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Name: Ballworld, composition-based
ID: m11816
Language: English (en)
Summary: The module uses the Ballworld program to demonstrate key ideas in abstract classes, polymorphism, inheritance and other coding techniques. In particular, this module will contrast a composition-based architecture with an inheritance-based architecture.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: abstract, Ballworld, classes, composition, design, inheritance, object, OOD, OOP, oriented, polymorphism, programming
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0

Authors: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)

Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Feb 3, 2004 10:37 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Jun 23, 2008 4:28 pm GMT-5

Module XML: m11816_1.5.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.5 Jun 23, 2008 4:28 pm GMT-5 by Stephen Wong
Changes:
Put keywords one to a line

Version: 1.4 Jul 12, 2007 10:09 pm GMT-5 by Stephen Wong
Changes:
Changed link to cnxn

Version: 1.3 Feb 6, 2004 12:44 am US/Central by Stephen Wong
Changes:
fixed typos

Version: 1.2 Feb 5, 2004 11:57 pm US/Central by Stephen Wong
Changes:
Added composite pattern material

Version: 1.1 Feb 3, 2004 11:54 pm US/Central by Stephen Wong
Changes:
initial publishing

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