Object Oriented Software CS222

This page contains links to all the on-line material for the Object Oriented Software module. Not all of it has been revised yet for the 2000-2001 session.

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Manifesto / Lecture Notes / Lab Class Notes / Assignment Specification

/ Example Programs/ Matrix Information

Module Manifesto

Stored as a compressed PostScript file. Manifesto

Lecture Notes

These are stored as zipped PostScript files.

Part 1: The Core Language Revised for 2001

Sections 1 to 8: Introduction, Getting Started, Variables, Operators and Expressions, Statements, Functions, Scope and Storage Class, Pointers and Arrays

Part 2: Introduction to Classes Revised for 2001

Section 9, Structures and Object-Based Design
Section 10, Classes: Data Hiding and Member Functions
Section 11, Object Creation and Destruction
Section 12, Inheritance

Part 3: Overloading, Exceptions, Design and Templates Revised for 2001

Section 13, Overloading Revisited: Conversions and Operator Overloading
Section 14, Error Handling and Exceptions
Section 15, Design and Documentation
Section 16, Templates and Generic Programming
Section 17, Afterword

Lab Notes

These are stored as zipped PostScript files. Labs 1-10 have been revised for 2001.

Lab 1

Revised for 2001 Objectives:

To introduce compilation of single modules.
To use the stream operators << and >> for simple I/O.
To illustrate the use of file redirection.

Lab 2

Revised for 2001 Objectives:

To practice the use of the kernel language.
To reach a basic understanding of the use of random number generators in software simulations.
To gain familiarity with using command line arguments.

Lab 3

Revised for 2001 Objectives:

To practice the use of the kernel language: in particular, functions and arrays.
To practice C++ mechanisms for modularity.
To gain a better understanding of function overloading.

Lab 4 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To gain familiarity with the new and delete operators.
To use makefiles for modular programming.
To understand the use of reference parameters for variables with state.

Lab 5 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To write a class definition and member functions.
To get a better understanding of static and const members.
To use the Gnu string class

Lab 6 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To write the constructors and destructors for a class with dynamic memory.
To write the copy constructor and assignment operator for a class with pointer member variables.
To improve manipulation of pointers.
To become familiar with the debugger.
To gain more practice with writing makefiles.

Lab 7 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To understand the role of public inheritance in class design.
To write and use an abstract base class.
To examine the issues involved in storing pointers in data structures.

Lab 8 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To write an overloaded output operator.
To write a layered class.
To develop software for an input stream of objects for a simulation.

Lab 9 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To use exceptions to make a class more robust for client programmers.
To understand the use of exception classes to refine error handling.

Lab 10 Revised for 2001

Objectives:

To gain experience with the use of templates through writing a generic container class.
To understand the use of private inheritance to reuse implementations.
To understand the use of smart pointers for resource management.

Assignment Specifications

The 2000/2001 assignment specification is available in zipped PostScript or as PDF format. The assessment criteria are also available as zipped PostScript

The 1999/2000 assignment specification is available in zipped PostScript or as PDF format.

The 1998/9 assignment specification is available in zipped PostScript.

Example Programs

An indexed page of programs used as examples during lectures and for background interest.

Introduction to Complex Numbers and Matrices

A brief introductory description of complex numbers, matrices, and their arithmetic operators is available in HTML.

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Last modified: Mon Mar 19, 2001