AN OBJECT-ORIENTED MODELING APPROACH TO SYSTEM SOFTWARE-DESIGN

In this paper, a modelling method entitled MOOD (Modelling approach to Object-Oriented Design) is proposed for the design of object-oriented system software. The method employs entity-refinement, functional mod elling, and object modelling techniques to model the world of solution -domain objects. The modelling result based on MOOD forms a set of gra phic notations that describe the structure, functions, and client-serv er relationships among the entities. These graphic notations can be ma pped directly into object-oriented programming constructs during the i mplementation phase. MOOD devotes special attention to the reuse of ex isting components or newly designed components for future reuse. Unlik e other methods, which find objects from textural statements, the enti ty-refinement approach proposed here can identify all the entities and their operations within the solution domain. MOOD is compared with ex isting methods to show its feasibility and uniqueness.