What are the Characteristics of the Object-Oriented Approach?

Following are the characteristics of the Object-Oriented Approach:

• Realistic Modeling

       

The Object-Oriented approach allows you to identify entities as objects having attributes and behavior. Attributes and behavior typically dipct how the object acts and reacts. For example, the car is an object belonging to the class Vehicle. The car has attributes such as speed, color, and power. It displays behavior such as being stationary, moving slowly, or accelerating.

• Reusability

          In programming word, using existing classes or objects form other application saves resources spent in recreating the classes from scratch. The process of creating a new class by adding some features to an existing class is known as inheritance. The benefit of reputability translates to savings in time and effort, which in turn results in cost benefits.

• Resilience to Change

          In the object-oriented system, this requirement does not mean that the new car needs to be built from scratch. The new features can be easily incorporated in the old system without modifying the base attributes.

          Resilience to change also results in easier maintenance. This feature of object-oriented methodology is known as extensibility. The ability of a class to inherit features from another class also makes object-oriented programs more extensible. For the same reason, even during construction, parts of the system under development can be refined without any major changes to other parts.

• Existence as Different Forms

          Using the object-oriented approach, objects can be made to respond differently to the same message. the response is decided based on the information or parameters provided with the message. This ability to react differently based on the information associated with the message is known as polymorphisum.