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Cohoon/Davidson: C++ Program Design, Third Edition
C++ Program Design, 3/e
James P. Cohoon, University of Virginia
Jack W. Davidson, University of Virginia
Implementing abstract data types

Chapter 8 Overview

A data abstraction is a representation of information and the operations to be performed on the information. An abstract data type, or ADT, is a well-defined and complete data abstraction that uses the information-hiding principle. ADTs make it possible to create and manipulate objects in a natural manner. In this chapter, we introduce ADTs in the C++ framework of classes, functions, and operators. We do so by developing ADTs for rational numbers, uniform pseudorandom numbers, and a simple guessing game. Our development of ADTs includes discussion of their interfaces and implementations.








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