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The most confusing concept i have seen in OOP is the difference
between Association, Composition and Aggregation. Anyone please tell
me whats the actual difference between these three using EXAMPLES in c+
+. I shall be very very thankful to you if you prove these concepts
using examples.

Feb 21 '07 #1
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Salman wrote:
The most confusing concept i have seen in OOP is the difference
between Association, Composition and Aggregation. Anyone please tell
me whats the actual difference between these three using EXAMPLES in
c+ +. I shall be very very thankful to you if you prove these concepts
using examples.
What book on OOP/OOD are you reading that doesn't explain those things?
Feb 21 '07 #2
On Feb 22, 1:34 am, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@com Acast.netwrote:
Salman wrote:
The most confusing concept i have seen in OOP is the difference
between Association, Composition and Aggregation. Anyone please tell
me whats the actual difference between these three using EXAMPLES in
c+ +. I shall be very very thankful to you if you prove these concepts
using examples.

What book on OOP/OOD are you reading that doesn't explain those things?
Im reading C++ by deitel and deitel , it doesn't have these concepts.
Infact it should not have because its c++ book not an OOP or ODA book.
Please provide me any good links. I badly need to learn these three
things.

Feb 21 '07 #3
Salman wrote:
On Feb 22, 1:34 am, "Victor Bazarov" <v.Abaza...@com Acast.netwrote:
>Salman wrote:
>>The most confusing concept i have seen in OOP is the difference
between Association, Composition and Aggregation. Anyone please tell
me whats the actual difference between these three using EXAMPLES in
c+ +. I shall be very very thankful to you if you prove these
concepts using examples.

What book on OOP/OOD are you reading that doesn't explain those
things?

Im reading C++ by deitel and deitel , it doesn't have these concepts.
Infact it should not have because its c++ book not an OOP or ODA book.
Please provide me any good links. I badly need to learn these three
things.
If you need book recommendations on OO[A/D/P], I thing you should ask
in 'comp.object'. Infact, that's a much better newsgroup to ask about
association, composition, aggregation. They do know C++ and can very
likely supply you with examples as well...

V
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Feb 21 '07 #4
Salman wrote:
The most confusing concept i have seen in OOP is the difference
between Association, Composition and Aggregation. Anyone please tell
me whats the actual difference between these three using EXAMPLES in c+
+. I shall be very very thankful to you if you prove these concepts
using examples.
Try googling

http://ootips.org/uml-hasa.html

even has C++ examples.

john
Feb 21 '07 #5

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