Taligent Taligents Guide To Designing Programs

· TALIGENT'S GUID. E TO DESIGNING PROGRAMS \ . ,W ELL-MANNERED OBjECTORIENTED DESIGN IN C++ IJII ~ T.hli ..L~ gent. TALIGENT'S GUIDE TO DESIGNING PROGRAMS WELL-MANNERED OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN IN C++ TALIGENT PRE S S Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Reading, Massachusetts Menlo Park, California New York Don Mills, Ontario Wokingham, England Amsterdam Bonn Sydney Singapore Tokyo Madrid Sanjuan Paris Seoul Milan Mexico City Taipei Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taligent's guide to designing programs : well-mannered object-oriented design in C++. p. cm. "Taligent Press." Includes index. ISBN 0-201-40888-0 1. Object-oriented programming (Computer science) 2. C++ (Computer program language) I. Taligent, Inc. QA76.64.T34 1994 005.2--dc20 94-1186 CIP Taligent and the Taligent logo are registered trademarks of Taligent, Inc. All other Trademarks belong to their respective companies. This manual and the software described in it are copyrighted. Under the copyright laws, this manual or the software may not be copied, in whole or part, without the prior written consent of Taligent. The product described in this manual may be protected by one or more U.S. and International Patents. The authors and publishers have taken care in preparation of this book, but make no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assume no responsibility for errors or omissions. No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the use of the information or programs contained herein. Copyright © 1994 by Taligent, Inc. 10201 N. De Auza Blvd., Cupertino, California 95014-2233 U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Published simultaneously in Canada. RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and FAR 52.227-19. Sponsoring Editor: Martha Steffen Cover and text design: Taligent Technical Communications Group, Gary Ashcavai Set in 10 point New Baskerville 4 5 6 7 8-CRS-9998979695 Fourth printing, May 1995 Addison-Wesley books are available for bulk purchases by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information please contact the Corporate, Government and Special Sales Department at (800) 238-9682. Taligent s Guide to Designing Programs is a collection of guidelines and conventions that Taligent® engineers follow as they design and build the Taligen t Application Environment. This book is not meant to be read from cover to cover; instead, pick a topic of interest and become familiar with it. To find an interesting topic, open th…