Elsevier S & T

From COBOL to OOP

Knasmüller, Markus

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Table of contents
  • Front CoverCover
  • From COBOL to OOPiii
  • Copyright Pageiv
  • Contentsix
  • Chapter 1. Introduction1
  • 1.1 Motivation1
  • 1.2 Advantages of the New Technologies4
  • 1.3 Organization of This Book5
  • 1.4 Selecting a Programming Environment8
  • 1.5 Object-Oriented COBOL9
  • 1.6 Notation and Conventions10
  • 1.7 The Book CD11
  • 1.8 A Real-World Example11
  • Chapter 2. Programming as an Engineering Discipline13
  • 2.1 Software Engineering Basics14
  • 2.2 Readability of a Program16
  • 2.3 Program Structure19
  • 2.4 Stepwise Refinement23
  • Chapter 3. Basics29
  • 3.1 Replacement for the Data Division: Symbols and Data Types30
  • 3.2 Replacement for the Procedure Division: Instructions39
  • 3.3 Procedures49
  • 3.4 Arrays, Strings, Records63
  • 3.5 Language Particularities84
  • 3.6 Modules90
  • 3.7 Pointers: Introduction97
  • Chapter 4. Data Structures and Algorithms107
  • 4.1 Abstract Data Types107
  • 4.2 Dynamic Data Structures in Detail116
  • 4.3 Trees124
  • 4.4 Algorithms135
  • Chapter 5. True Object-Oriented Programming145
  • 5.1 Classes145
  • 5.2 Inheritance and Dynamic Binding154
  • 5.3 Typical Applications of Object-Oriented Programming167
  • 5.4 Class Libraries177
  • 5.5 Particularities of the Selected Programming Languages185
  • Chapter 6. Object-Oriented Design201
  • 6.1 Object-Oriented Design and UML201
  • 6.2 Design Patterns and Components209
  • Chapter 7. Databases217
  • 7.1 Introduction and Differences from COBOL IS Files217
  • 7.2 Data Modeling230
  • 7.3 Introduction to SQL241
  • 7.4 SQL: Program Access254
  • Chapter 8. Graphical User Interfaces265
  • 8.1 Structure of a Graphical User Interface265
  • 8.2 Event-Oriented Programming268
  • 8.3 Short Overview of Class Libraries270
  • 8.4 Tips for Designing a User Interface278
  • 8.5 Online Applications279
  • Chapter 9. COBOL to OOP in Practice281
  • 9.1 Summary281
  • 9.2 Changing to OOP in Practice283
  • 9.3 Career Switch to OOP in Practice285
  • 9.4 Accompanying Activities290
  • 9.5 Stick to COBOL All the Same?293
  • 9.6 One Last Word294
  • Appendix A. Using the Development Environments295
  • A.1 Delphi295
  • A.2 Java297
  • Appendix B. Sample Solutions299
  • B.1 Solutions to Chapter 3299
  • B.2 Solutions to Chapter 4307
  • B.3 Solutions to Chapter 5313
  • B.4 Solutions to Chapter 6317
  • B.5 Solutions to Chapter 7318
  • Appendix C. Glossary323
  • Appendix D. References329
  • Index333
  • Limited Warranty343
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9781558608221
  • ISBN-13 9780080494982
  • Author Knasmüller, Markus
  • Category Computers
  • Subject Object Oriented

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Driven by the year-2000 problem, the hordes of COBOL developers experienced a renaissance, but the times when COBOL was state-of-the-art are long gone. Object-orientation, application servers, web front-ends, and relational database systems dominate the scene for new projects today. The fact remains however, that millions of lines of source code written in the structured programming language COBOL work daily on computer systems all over the world. One problem that COBOL developers have to deal with on these new projects is familiarity with object-oriented concepts. Markus Knasmüller, rich with experiences of OO projects in COBOL development teams, offers a successful introduction for the experienced COBOL programmer. A careful approach across techniques familiar to COBOL developers and discussions of current standards make this book easily accessible and understandable.

*A practical approach to OOP using the concepts and techniques familiar to the experienced COBOL programmer.
*Written independently from any specific programming environment, and all programming examples written in both Delphi and Java.
*Detailed case study describing the successful migration of 10 million lines of COBOL code to object-oriented programming.
*Companion CD-ROM containing all tutorial sections of the book in PowerPoint and all sample solutions to the problems ready for compilation.