The backcover of:

Adaptive Object-Oriented Software: The Demeter Method with Propagation Patterns

Karl Lieberherr, Northeastern University

This groundbreaking book presents a complete methodology for adaptive 
programming in any object-oriented programming language.  Lieberherr's adaptive 
method signals a new approach to object-oriented program design that goes 
beyond object encapsulation and hard-coded navigation paths to achieve more 
flexible interactions among objects.  Programmers using this method work at a 
higher, schematic level of abstraction, with a graph notation representing the 
class structure, and a "propagation pattern" language that tells how to 
distribute meaningful methods -- including navigation -- across the structure.
Using this method, programmers can easily adapt and modify programs as they 
evolve.  This book can be used with any object-oriented programming environment,
or with the Demeter Tools/C++ Version 5.5, a complete, professional
software system for creating and maintaining adaptive programs.

Reviewer's Comments: 

"I am very enthusiastic about the Demeter System... the book represents a major 
advance in software engineering (a field where "hard" advances are rare).  I 
think it will also transform the way a number of areas of computer science are 
taught.  This is an extraordinarily powerful software development methodology 
that will undoubtedly become a standard fixture  in computer science curricula 
and in (such areas as) compiler design, software engineering, and artificial 
intelligence. . .Extremely valuable -- I predict it will sweep the industry."

Justin R. Smith, Drexel University

For information on the Demeter Tools System for creating adaptive C++ programs, 
contact on Internet:

http://www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter

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