“Object-Oriented Graphics” by Wißkirchen and Rome – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Object-Oriented Graphics” by Wißkirchen and Rome

  • 1988 22 Cover Object Oriented Graphics

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    Object-Oriented Graphics

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Entry Number: 22

Abstract:


    TOPICS
    • Introduction to object-oriented systems/Wisskirchen
    • Comparing classical and object-oriented graphics systems/
    Wisskirchen
    Naming and editing of graphics objects
    Communication between application and user interface
    Specialization of a graphics kernel by inheritance.
    • Modularization of application and user interface/Wisskirchen
    Application model, mapping and basic functions
    Separation facilities in object-oriented systems
    • The Model-View-Controller concept/Wisskirchen
    Establishing the MVC-triad
    Example of a model with two different user interfaces
    • New developments and open problems/Wisskirchen
    Objects and part-of hierarchies
    Graphical constraints
    Graphics and hybrid knowledge representation
    • Object-oriented programming in Lisp Environments/Rome
    Development of object-oriented Lisp extensions
    Concepts of the New Flavor System: non-hierarchical inheritance, generic functions, method combination
    • Object-oriented graphics in Lisp environments/Rome
    Graphics facilities on the Lisp machine
    Summary of advanced object-oriented graphics programs
    on the Lisp machine: dynamic windows, presentation
    type substrate
    3-D modeling
    • Application example/Rome
    Modularization of the functionality of an object-oriented
    tree editor

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Contributed By:


    Mary Whitton

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    Babbage Institute

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