Part II: The Limitations of Traditional Object-Oriented Design

Part Overview

In this part, I solve a real-world problem using standard object-oriented methods. This was a problem I worked on when I was just beginning to learn design patterns.

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  • A description of the CAD/CAM problem: extract information from a large computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) database to feed a complex and expensive analysis program.

  • Because the CAD/CAM system continues to evolve, the problem cries out for flexible code.

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  • My first solution to the CAD/CAM problem, using standard object-oriented methods.

  • At the time I actually worked on this problem, I hadn't yet learned the essence of the principles behind many design ...

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