Object-Oriented Graphics - From GKS and PHIGS to Object-Oriented Systems

This book covers computer graphics programming on the basis of an object-oriented philosophy and using the object-oriented programming paradigm. It shows how a thorough investigation of object-oriented techniques leads to very powerful and flexible graphics systems, which are in sharp contrast to traditional systems such as GKS and PHIGS. An object-oriented multi-level-system system GEO++ with full editing capabilities is defined as a basis for detailed examples using Smalltalk-80 language. The advantages of inheritance are shown for a flexible extension of a predefined graphics kernel. New ways of integrating geometric modeling aspects and defining new output primitives into a prefabricated kernel are demonstrated. Prerequisites for adding rules and constraints are discussed. Requirements for a new object-oriented standard are formulated. A significant part is devoted to detailed examples, showing the progress which can be achieved with a consistent object-oriented approach.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Wißkirchen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9783540528593
• ISBN: 978-3-540-52859-3
• No. of pages: 236
• Weight: 538 g
• Illustrations: w. 83 figs.
• Series: Symbolic Computation
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT