Object-Oriented Modeling

Object-oriented techniques and languages have been proven to significantly increase engineering efficiency in software development. Many benefits are expected from their introduction into electronic modeling. Among them are better support for model reusability and flexibility, more efficient system modeling, and more possibilities in design space exploration and prototyping. Object-Oriented Modeling explores the latest techniques in object-oriented methods, formalisms and hardware description language extensions.
The seven chapters comprising this book provide an overview of the latest object-oriented techniques for designing systems and hardware. Many examples are given in C++, VHDL and real-time programming languages.
Object-Oriented Modeling describes further the use of object-oriented techniques in applications such as embedded systems, telecommunications and real-time systems, using the very latest techniques in object-oriented modeling. It is an essential guide to researchers, practitioners and students involved in software, hardware and system design.

1. Object Orientation: Modeling and Design Paradigms for the Year 2000?.- 1.1. Motivation.- 1.2. Software design.- 1.3. Hardware design.- 1.4. The Future of Hardware Design.- 1.5. The Influence of Object Orientation on the Design Process.- 1.6. Summary and Outlook.- 2. Object-Oriented Modeling of Hardware for Embedded Systems.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Data Types.- 2.3. Modeling Hardware Components as Classes.- 2.4. Deriving Specialized Components.- 2.5. Data Decomposition.- 2.6. Arithmetic Logic Unit Example.- 2.7. Type Genericity.- 2.8. Related Work.- 2.9. Conclusions.- 3. Object-Oriented and Real-Time Techniques: Combined Use of OMT, SDL and MSC.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. The OORT engineering process.- 3.3. Overview of the OMT, MSC and SDL notations.- 3.4. Introduction to a combined use of OMT, MSC and SDL.- 3.5. OORT and the co-design.- 3.6. Conclusions.- 4. Integrated System Design with an Object-Oriented Methodology.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Methodology Outline.- 4.3. Analysis using OMT.- 4.4. Creating a System Model with OMT*.- 4.5. Paths to Implementation: SDL and VHDL.- 4.6. The INSYDE toolset.- 4.7. Case Studies.- 4.8. Conclusion.- 5. Object Orientation and Structural Design.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Outline.- 5.3. VHDL Structural Descriptions.- 5.4. Principles of Object Orientation.- 5.5. Structure and Object Orientation.- 5.6. An Inheritance Concept for Structural VHDL.- 5.7. Application Examples.- 5.8. Genericity.- 5.9. Conclusion and Outlook.- 6. Abstract Hardware Modelling Using an Object-Oriented Language Extension to VHDL.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Modelling Problems.- 6.3. Object-Oriented Techniques.- 6.4. Acceptance of New Design Techniques.- 6.5. Survey on the Object Modeling Technique from Rumbaugh.- 6.6. The Implementation Language.- 6.7. From Specification to Implementation.- 6.8. Parallelism in Hardware Systems.- 6.9. Specification and Implementation of Communication Mechanisms.- 6.10. Conclusion.- 7. Object-Oriented Generation of VHDL Models.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Object-Oriented Paradigm.- 7.3. Analysis of VHDL Model Generation System.- 7.4. VHDL Model Generation System.- 7.5. Example.- 7.6. Conclusions.