Classes and Data Abstraction.PPT

Classes and Data Abstraction Andrew Davison Noppadon Kamolvilassatian Department of Computer Engineering Prince of Songkla University Contents 1. What is Data Abstraction? 2. C++: Classes and Data Abstraction 3. Implementing a User-Defined Type Time with a Struct 4. Implementing a Time Abstract Data Type with a Class 5. Classes as User-Defined Types 6. Using Constructors 1. What is Data Abstraction? Abstract Data Types (ADTs) type implementation operations hidden implementation types are central to problem solving a weapon against complexity built-in and user-defined types are ADTs Clients and Manufacturers Benefits Manufacturer Benefits: easy to modify, maintain profitable reusable Client Benefits: simple to use, understand familiar cheap component-based How Well are ADTs Supported in C? Does C enforce the use of the ADTs interface and the hiding of its implementation? No C++ (Chapters 15-21) C++ is a superset of C, which has added features to support object-oriented programming. C++ supports classes. things very like ADTs 2. C++: Classes and Data Abstraction C++ supports Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). OOP models real-world objects with software counterparts. OOP encapsulates data (attributes) and functions (behavior) into packages called objects. Objects have the property of information hiding. Objects communicate with one another across interfaces. The interdependencies between the classes are identified makes use of a part of a specialisation of a generalisation of etc C and C++ C programmers concentrate on writing functions. C++ programmers concentrate on creating their own user-defined types called classes. Classes in C++ are a natural evolution of the C notion of struct. 3. Implementing a User-Defined Type Time with a Struct // FIG16_1.CPP // Create a structure, set its members, and print it. #include iostream.h struct Time { // structure definition int hour; // 0-23 int minute; // 0-59 int second; // 0-59 }; void printMi