Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On completion of this subject, students should understand the theory underpinning the object-oriented paradigm; be able to develop an object-oriented solution to a programming problem in an object-oriented language; and understand and be able to implement hash tables and balanced binary trees.
Synopsis Review of classes and objects, data and module encapsulation; sub-typing and inheritance; object-oriented design; polymorphism, static and dynamic binding; generic classes; exception handling; implementation in C++.
Assessment Assignments: 30% + Examination: 70%