5.4. Case Study: Bookstore
Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 2.2.192
Let's take a moment to look at a case study—a brief description of a problem domain that we can refer to consistently throughout the chapter and the rest of the book. This will help us understand object-oriented analysis so that we can design stable, sensible, extensible systems. It also presents the system that we will use to create many examples.
The fictional Words, Words, Words bookstore (WWWBooks) is expanding. It has hired you to create a processing system that will replace its current paper-based system. The store's buyer orders books from publishers. The books come in, and need to be added to inventory and ...
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