ICT 1411
Object Oriented Programming
Lecture
Object Diagrams
Object Diagram
• An Object diagram shows a set of real objects and their links at a given moment
in the system.
• The attributes identified by the class now have values associated with it.
• There might also be behavior associated with the methods (or operations)
identified by the class.
Object Notation
Notation consists of two compartments:
Top compartment ObjectName: ClassName
(Object name and class name)
AttributeName1 = AttributeValue
AttributeName2 = AttributeValue
Bottom compartment
(Attributes and their values)
• Top compartment contains object name and class name.
• Bottom compartment contains list of attributes names and values:
• No need to show the operations (they are the same for all objects of a class)
Shorter Forms of Notation
• Named Objects objectName : className
• Anonymous Objects
:className
Examples
Employee
emp1: Employee
-employeeId : int
-employeeName : String employeeId = 001
- address : String employeeName = "Amali"
+ displayEmployeeDetails() : void address = "Maharagama"
Employee Class Object called ‘emp1’ from class
‘Employee’
Activity 1
Draw an object diagram for the following class diagram:
Activity 2
Draw an object diagram for the following class diagram:
Activity 3
• Represent the following class diagram as an object diagram.
Company
Person Contract
- companyId : int
- id : int 1..* - contractId : int 1..*
1..1 1..1 - name : String
- Name : String sign - period : float
has - regNo : String
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