GCO4020/CSC428 - Advanced Object Oriented Techniques In C++
Course guide

GCO4020/CSC428
Course Outline

Week 1

• Topic 1: Implementing an array class
• Topic 2: Proxies
• Sidebar: Redirecting The Standard I/O Streams

Week 2

• Topic 3: Map Interfaces
• Topic 4: Self Linking Lists
• Sidebar: Reinstating hidden base class functions

Week 3

• Topic 5: Hiding Implementation Details
• Topic 6: Registries
• Sidebar: Template Constraints

Week 4

• Topic 7: Reference Counting
• Topic 8: Wrappers
• Sidebar: Preventing Inheritance

Week 5

• Topic 9: Envelopes and Letters
• Topic 10: Mimicking "illegal" types in unions
• Sidebar: Preventing Implicit Conversions of Inbuilt Types

Week 6

• Topic 11: Double Dispatch I
• Topic 12: Double Dispatch II
• Sidebar: Fixing variable scopes in old-style "for" loops

Week 7

• Topic 13: Allocation Tracking
• Topic 14: Dynamic Scopes
• Sidebar: Named Loops
• Note: Assignment 1 (worth 50%) is due this week (Friday 14 April, noon).

Week 8

• Topic 15: Properties
• Topic 16: Interprocess Objects
• Sidebar: Read Only Members

Week 9

• Topic 17: Fallible Types
• Topic 18: Receptors
• Sidebar: "Semi-virtual" Inheritance

Week 10

• Topic 19: Persistent Objects I
• Topic 20: Persistent Objects II
• Sidebar: Promptors

Week 11

• Topic 21: Functors I
• Topic 22: Functors II
• Sidebar: Restricting access to functions

Week 12

• Topic 23: Dataflow programming
• Topic 24: Lazy Evaluation
• Sidebar: Altering Default Parameter Values
• Note: Assignment 2 (worth 50%) is due this week (Friday 26 May, noon).

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