Simons, A.J.H. (2004) The theory of classification: part 14: modification and objects like myself. Journal of Object Technology, 3 (8). 15 - 26. ISSN 1660-1769
Abstract
The Theory of Classification to handle constructor-methods, through the use of which an object can create another object 'like itself', was discussed. It need implementations of List-methods like cons, heads and tail to manipulate the multimaps, which were essentially association lists with duplicate keys. A sequence of model state updates was modelled as a nested series of method invocations. The constructor-level recursion was a generally useful feature used in the theory for the definition of more complex kinds of datatype.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2004 JOT. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2014 10:39 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2018 17:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5381/jot.2004.3.8.c2 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:79269 |