Empirical analysis of existence dependency properties in object-oriented software

• Main Author: Chang, Hak Hee.
• Other Authors: Tan, Hee Beng Kuan
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Computer hardware, software and systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/3216
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Existence Dependency is an important concept in Object-Oriented modeling. It defines the constraint between two related entities such that the life of the dependent object cannot start before the life of its parent. Similarly, the life of the parent cannot end before the life of any of its dependent...