Spring Semester, 1999
Heuristics 4
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Classes verses Objects
2.11 Be sure that the abstractions that you model are classes and not simply the roles that object play
Constraints 4.9 When implementing semantic constraints, it is best to implement them in terms of class definition.
Often class definition based constraints will lead to a proliferation of classes.
In this case the constraint must be implemented in the behavior of the class.
This is often done in the constructor.
4.10 When implementing semantic constraints in a constructor, place the constraint test in the constructor as far down as a containment hierarchy as the domain allows.
4.11 The semantic information on which a constraint is based is best placed in a central, third party object when that information is volatile.
4.12 The semantic information on which a constraint is based is best placed in the classes involved in the constraint when that information is stable.
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