In Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA '96), San Jose, California, USA. ACM SIGPLAN Notices (31)10, pages 122-137, oct. 1996.

Abstract :

This paper's primary aim is to improve the understanding of the delegation mechanism. We propose a new characterization of delegation based on the notions of name sharing, property sharing and value sharing. It allows us (1) to clearly differentiate delegation from class-inheritance in particular and more generally from other inheritance mechanisms and (2) to explain how a founded use of delegation relies on a correct semantics of variable property sharing between objects connected by a delegation link. We then describe a model of split objects which is proposed as an example of a disciplined and semantically founded use of delegation, where property sharing expresses viewpoints within objects. 

 BibTex reference : 

@InProceedings{Bard96a, 
author = {Daniel Bardou and Christophe Dony}, 
title = {{Split Objects: a Disciplined Use of Delegation within Objects}}, 
pages = {122-137}, 
booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications (OOPSLA'96)}}, 
address = {San Jose, California, USA}, 
month = oct, 
year = 1996, 
note = {Published as ACM SIGPLAN Notices 31(10)} 
}

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