The Objectization Problem - What It Is And What Can be Done About It

let us understand the problem. 2. The Objectization Problem In order to transform an application requirements into operational software, the computational requirements of the application must eventually be mapped into a set of architectural units. The traditional architectural units are those supplied by the operating system: processes and files. In the era of object-oriented programming, the architectural unit is the object which comprises of a set of methods and a non-shared data space on which the methods of the object operate. We call the mapping of application requirements into objects the objectization problem. In the context of the objectization, the object architectural unit can be seen to serve at least three different purposes which might conflict with one another. Specifically, an #################################### + Supported by a research grant from the Office of Naval Research under ONR contract number N00014-94-1