Exception handling in object-oriented analysis and design

• Main Author: Van Rensburg, Annelise Janse
• Other Authors: Renaud, Karen Vera
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Exception; Detection; Identification; Classification; Propagation; Exception handling; Object-oriented; Testing; Reporting; Software development; 005.12; Computer software > Development; Object-oriented methods (Computer science); System design
• Online Access: Van Rensburg, Annelise Janse (2009) Exception handling in object-oriented analysis and design, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1542>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1542

This dissertation investigates current trends concerning exceptions. Exceptions influence the reliability of software systems. In order to develop software systems that are most robust, thus delivering higher availability at a lower development and operating cost, the occurence of exceptions needs to be reduced and the effects of the exceptions controlled. In order to do this, issues such as detection, identification, classification, propagation, handling, language implementation, software testing and reporting of exceptions must be attended to. Although some of these areas are well researched there are remaining problems. The quest is to establish if a unified exception-handling framework is possible and viable, which can address the issues and problems throughout the software development life cycle, and if so, the requirements for such a framework. === Computing === M.Sc. (Information Systems)