12-1 © Prentice Hall, 2004 Chapter 12: Design Elements Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design...

12-1 © Prentice Hall, 2004

Chapter 12:Chapter 12:Design ElementsDesign Elements

Object-Oriented Systems Analysis and Design

Joey F. George, Dinesh Batra,

Joseph S. Valacich, Jeffrey A. Hoffer

12-2Chapter 12 © Prentice Hall, 2004

Chapter ObjectivesChapter Objectives

After studying this chapter you should be able to:– Understand the different design architecture

configurations.– Understand the use of components in systems

design.– Understand the different component standards.– Map an analysis class diagram into a design

class diagram.


What Is a Design Element?What Is a Design Element?

Either a design class or a component:

Design Class – an enhanced version of an analysis class that includes details regarding attributes and methods, including visibility, arguments, and data types.

Component – a replaceable part of a system that provides a clearly defined function through a set of interfaces.


What Is a Design Architecture?What Is a Design Architecture?

An overall blueprint of the design of a system.

Goal of design architecture – ability to scale and evolve over time.

Enterprise Application Design (EAD) – the process of designing applications that embrace change.


What Is a Tiered (or Layered) What Is a Tiered (or Layered) Architecture?Architecture?

The partitioning of a system into layers such that each layer performs a specific type of functionality and communicates with the layers that adjoin it.

Options– Single-tier– Two-tier– Three-tier– N-tier


Single-Tier ArchitecturesSingle-Tier Architectures

One computer performing all tasks

Either a standalone PC, or a mainframe servicing many dumb terminals

Rare for new systems, not very scalable


Two-Tier ArchitecturesTwo-Tier Architectures

Client-Server architecture

Client – Application layer (front-end), performs business rules and user interface

Server – Database layer (back end), provides data access

Middleware – the communication interface between client and server


What Is Middleware?What Is Middleware?

Software that provides one set of interfaces for connection to a client and another set of interfaces for connection to a server, thereby providing the possibility of connections between one of several clients with one of several servers.


Limitations of Client-Server Limitations of Client-Server ArchitecturesArchitectures

Thick clients – heavy burden placed on each client machine

Application changes need to be distributed to many clients

Typically use proprietary technologies, hindering application integration


Three-Tier ArchitecturesThree-Tier Architectures

Three layers are:– Presentation – front tier, providing user

interface, perhaps with formatting and constraint-checking rules

– Business rules – middle tier, addressing logic and decisions for the system, sometimes called application layer

– Data – back tier, addressing data storage and access, with some rules regarding data integrity


Note: presentation, business logic, and or data can be spread across multiple layers, creating N-tier architectures.


Mapping from Analysis to Design Mapping from Analysis to Design ClassesClasses

1 Analysis Class 1 Design Class1 Analysis Class n Design Classes n Analysis Classes 1 Design Classn Analysis Classes 1 Package n Analysis Classes 1 Component


Characteristics of ComponentsCharacteristics of Components

– Used for specific commonly used purpose– Collection of classes and interfaces– Hidden implementation details– Plug-and-play capability– Third-party developed, typically in binary form– Reusable in many applications– Well-tested and relatively error-free


What Is a Component Standard?What Is a Component Standard?An agreed-upon format for defining interfaces and

implementations of components

Examples:– Microsoft COM+– OMG’s CORBA– Sun Microsystem’s Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)– Database Middleware Standards (ODBC, ADO, JDBC)– XML/SOAP


COM+COM+

Component Object Model (COM) from Microsoft

Run-time environment for middle-tier components

Supports transactions, identity, and security services, and allows components to call each other locally or remotely through a messaging service


CORBACORBA

– Common Object Request Broker Architecture– Published by Object Management Group

(OMG)– Component standard for distributed and

heterogeneous network– Objects written in different languages

communicate through Interface Definition Language

– Interface is managed by Object Request Brokers (ORBs)


EJBEJB

Enterprise Java Beans

Component-based distributed computing architecture

EJB is a server-side component model for managing objects in a distributed environment

EJB requires CORBA for communications


Database Middleware StandardsDatabase Middleware Standards

Microsoft’s ODBC – Open Database Connectivity

Microsoft’s ADO – ActiveX Data Objects

Sun’s JDBC – Java Database Connectivity


Comparison of OMG, Microsoft, and Sun

Limitations:1. Tightly coupled2. Binary 3. Proprietary


XML and SOAPXML and SOAP Text-based, loosely coupled, non-proprietary internet-

oriented standard for inter-layer communication

eXtensible Markup Language (XML) – method for putting structured data into text format, similar to HTML

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) – XML-based protocol for exchanging messages between applications operating in different layers


What Is a Framework?What Is a Framework?

A collection of components, consisting of code and interfaces written in a specific language, that solves or helps build applications.

Two main competitors:• Microsoft .NET• Sun Java 2 Enterprise Editiion (J2EE)


Microsoft .NETMicrosoft .NET

Development framework that integrates COM+ and Active Server Pages (ASP) technologies for B2C applications, with support for XML/SOAP Web services for B2B applications

ActiveX – OLE/COM based component ADO, ADO .NET – database middleware ASP, ASP.NET – dynamic HTML generation


Sun J2EESun J2EE Java 2 Enterprise Edition Development framework that provides a specification

of architectural components designed to work together to define a complete enterprise architecture, with support for XML/SOAP and Web services

EJB – Java-based component standard JDBC – database middleware Java Server Pages, Servlets – dynamic HTML

generation


In UML, packages are represented as rectangles with tabs in the top left corner.


What Is a Design Class What Is a Design Class Diagram?Diagram?

A design class diagram shows the data types of the attributes, the return types and arguments of the operations, and the visibility specifications for all attributes and operations.

Signature – the return type, name, and argument list of a method

Interfaces to classes are based on signatures.


Guidelines for Allocating Guidelines for Allocating ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities

Information access done by information expert

Object creation done by aggregating classAim for loose couplingAim for high cohesion


RecapRecap

After studying this chapter we learned to:– Understand the different design architecture

configurations.– Understand the use of components in systems

design.– Understand the different component standards.– Map an analysis class diagram into a design

class diagram.

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