7.2. Software Specification

Our initial concepts represent the classes that are present within our domain. They represent our first attempt, in early iterations, at identifying our business objects. As we progress with developing our system, these initial classes may change slightly, or they might morph into entirely different classes.This process ultimately is dictated by the behavior our system must realize. As we begin to think in more detail about how our system will provide use case functionality, we quickly realize that our system is composed of other classes beyond just our domain classes. User interface classes must be present for those portions of the system that accommodate user interaction. More detailed design classes must be present ...

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