Introduction to programming languages part 2
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1) The document discusses object-oriented programming paradigms and how objects contain methods that define the actions that can be performed on that object. It gives examples like a file object containing methods for printing, copying, and deleting. 2) It explains that classes are used to define common methods for groups of similar objects, like all file objects. 3) Methods function similarly to functions in procedural languages but are contained within objects. Some example object-oriented languages mentioned are Java and C++.
Introduction to programming languages part 2
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- 2. 2 1-3 The object-oriented paradigm The object-oriented paradigm deals with active objects instead of passive objects. We encounter many active objects in our daily life: a vehicle, an automatic door, a dishwasher and so on. The action to be performed on these objects are included in the object: the objects need only to receive the appropriate stimulus from outside to perform one of the actions. A file in an object-oriented paradigm can be packed with all the procedures—called methods in the object-oriented paradigm—to be performed by the file: printing, copying, deleting and so on. The program in this paradigm just sends the corresponding request to the object. UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 3. 3 Figure 5 The concept of an object-oriented paradigm UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 4. 4 1-3 Classes As Figure 9.5 shows, objects of the same type (files, for example) need a set of methods that show how an object of this type reacts to stimuli from outside the object’s “territories”. To create these methods, a unit called a class is used. Figure 6 The concept of an object-oriented paradigm UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 5. 5 1-3 Methods In general, the format of methods are very similar to the functions used in some procedural languages. Each method has its header, its local variables and its statement. This means that most of the features we discussed for procedural languages are also applied to methods written for an object-oriented program. In other words, we can claim that object-oriented languages are actually an extension of procedural languages with some new ideas and some new features. The C++ language, for example, is an object-oriented extension of the C language. Some object oriented languages = Java, C++ UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 6. 9.6 1-3 The functional paradigm In the functional paradigm a program is considered a mathematical function. In this context, a function is a black box that maps a list of inputs to a list of outputs. Figure 7 A function in a functional language UniversityofEducationOkara Campus Some functional languages = LISP, Scheme
- 7. 7 1-3 Prolog One of the famous declarative languages is Prolog (PROgramming in LOGic), developed by A. Colmerauer in France in 1972. A program in Prolog is made up of facts and rules. For example, the previous facts about human beings can be stated as: The user can then ask (query): and the program will respond with yes. UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 8. 8 1-4 COMMON CONCEPTS1-4 COMMON CONCEPTS In this section we conduct a quick navigation throughIn this section we conduct a quick navigation through some procedural languages to find common concepts.some procedural languages to find common concepts. Some of these concepts are also available in mostSome of these concepts are also available in most object-oriented languages because, as we explained, anobject-oriented languages because, as we explained, an object-oriented paradigm uses the proceduralobject-oriented paradigm uses the procedural paradigm when creating methods.paradigm when creating methods. UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 9. 9 1-4 Identifiers One feature present in all procedural languages, as well as in other languages, is the identifier—that is, the name of objects. Identifiers allow us to name objects in the program. For example, each piece of data in a computer is stored at a unique address. If there were no identifiers to represent data locations symbolically, we would have to know and use data addresses to manipulate them. Instead, we simply give data names and let the compiler keep track of where they are physically located. UniversityofEducationOkara Campus
- 10. 10 Data types and Variables A data type defines a set of values and a set of operations that can be applied to those values. The set of values for each type is known as the domain for the type. UniversityofEducationOkara Campus Variables are names for memory locations. As discussed in Chapter 5, each memory location in a computer has an address. Although the addresses are used by the computer internally, it is very inconvenient for the programmer to use addresses. A programmer can use a variable, such as score, to store the integer value of a score received in a test. Since a variable holds a data item, it has a type. e.g. int a Here int is a data type and a is a variable
- 11. 11 Literals A literal is a predetermined value used in a program. For example, if we need to calculate the area of circle when the value of the radius is stored in the variable r, we can use the expression 3.14 × r2 , in which the approximate value of π (pi) is used as a literal. In most programming languages we can have integer, real, character and Boolean literals. In most languages, we can also have string literals. To distinguish the character and string literals from the names of variables and other objects, most languages require that the character literals be enclosed in single quotes, such as 'A', and strings to be enclosed in double quotes, such as "Anne". UniversityofEducationOkara Campus The use of literals is not considered good programming practice unless we are sure that the value of the literal will not change with time (such as the value of π in geometry). However, most literals may change value with time.
- 12. 12 For this reason, most programming languages define constants. A constant, like a variable, is a named location that can store a value, but the value cannot be changed after it has been defined at the beginning of the program. However, if we want to use the program later, we can change just one line at the beginning of the program, the value of the constant. e.g. int a = 10; UniversityofEducationOkara Campus Inputs and Outputs Almost every program needs to read and/or write data. These operations can be quite complex, especially when we read and write large files. Most programming languages use a predefined function for input and output in JAVA. system.println() for printing (output) SCANNER for scanning (input)