Title :
The GRClass visual programming system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The GRClass system, which combines graphics, relations, and classes to provide a visual interface for programming graph data structures within an object-oriented framework, is discussed. This is done by extending the object-oriented model with interobject relations. These relations are then used to directly implement the conceptual model of the graph data structures. Within the GRClass framework, data structures are objects that maintain relation tables. These relations and the objects participating in the relations constitute the form of the data structure. A graphical notation is used to specify the possible relations and to manipulate the relation graph. GRClass is implemented within the Andrew Toolkit programming environment
Keywords :
data structures; visual programming; Andrew Toolkit programming environment; GRClass visual programming system; classes; graphics; interobject relations; object-oriented model; programming graph data structures; relation graph; relation tables; visual interface; Computational modeling; Computer Society; Computer graphics; Computer science; Data structures; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Programming environments; Programming profession; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Skokie, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2090-0
DOI :
10.1109/WVL.1990.128381
