On Attributes of Objects in Object-Oriented Software Analysis

One of the modern paradigms to develop a system is object oriented analysis and design. In this paradigm, there are several objects and each object plays some specific roles. There is a sequence of activities to develop an analysis model. In the first step, we work in developing an initial use case model. Then in the second step, they identify a number of concepts and build a glossary of participating objects. Identifying attributes of objects (and classes) is one of the most important steps in the object-oriented paradigm. This paper proposes a method to identify attributes of objects and verify them. The method is also concerned itself with classifying and eliminating the incorrect attributes of objects. Then the method is evaluated in a large application, a Control Command Police System. After that, several guidelines on attributes of objects, based on the practical experience obtained from the evaluation, are provided.