A NEW OBJECT-ORIENTED METHOD INTEGRATING JACKSON STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING METHOD

Abstract

This article presents a new object-oriented method which integrates the Jackson Structured Programming method with an object-oriented approach. The new method analyzes the user's services, identifies attributes from data structure diagrams, and identifies operations from program structure diagrams. Also, this method defers the identification of class relationships until the attributes and operations have been identified, so as to prevent premature decisions. In addition, the concept of ''leading object'' is used to decrease the number of actors and agents and to increase the number of servers in a system. This may enhance reusability of the objects.