Abstraction is one of the four fundamental principles of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), along with encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism. It refers to the concept of hiding complex ...

Learn about objects and classes in Java. In Java, an object is an instance of a class. A class is a blueprint that defines the attributes and behaviors of an object. Objects are the basic building ...

Abstract: This paper reports upon the results of an investigation concerning the use and type of Java abstractions employed during software maintenance. The source of data consists of eighty-eight ...

How does one measure the performance penalty imposed by a compiler and execution environment on a program for using the data abstractions? In this article, I present the Data Abstraction Penalty (DAP) ...

Abstract: In this paper, we describe a class abstraction technique (CAT) for Java programs that support the testing process by capturing aspects of software complexity based on the combination of ...

ABSTRACT: Software engineering has been taught at many institutions as individual course for many years. Recently, many higher education institutions offer a BSc degree in Software Engineering.