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Towards the systematic use of interfaces in JAVA programming

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Friedrich Steimann,

Wolf Siberski,

Thomas KühneAuthors Info & Claims

PPPJ '03: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Principles and practice of programming in Java

Pages 13 - 17

Published: 16 June 2003 Publication History

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JAVA's interface construct is widely perceived as a weak surrogate for multiple inheritance. Consequently, it should come as no surprise that despite their potential for writing highly decoupled code, interfaces are used rather sparingly. We have devised a conceptual framework for the utilization of interfaces in JAVA programs, and suggest tool support lessening the coding effort induced by the introduction and maintenance of additional interfaces, as well as a metrics suit measuring how and to which extent interfaces are actually used.

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Towards the systematic use of interfaces in JAVA programming
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
      2. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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PPPJ '03: Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Principles and practice of programming in Java

June 2003

211 pages

ISBN:0954414519

General Chair:
James Power
National University of Ireland, Maynooth
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John Waldron
Trinity College Dublin

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Computer Science Press, Inc.

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Stevenson JShepperd MHall TMyrtveit I(2014)Research proposalProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering10.1145/2601248.2613080(1-4)Online publication date: 13-May-2014
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Shah SDietrich JMcCartin C(2012)On the automated modularisation of java programs using service locatorsProceedings of the 11th international conference on Software Composition10.1007/978-3-642-30564-1_9(132-147)Online publication date: 31-May-2012
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