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How to think of Microwave Oven in an Object Oriented Way

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Consider the microwave oven in your kitchen, using object-oriented thinking.
? Create a table with the following four column headings: Top-Level Objects, Communicates With, Incoming Messages, and Outgoing Messages.
o Identity the top-level objects of the microwave.
o Explain some of the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and communications messages that occur during the operation of a microwave.
? Describe some of the advantages of having a componentized system. For example, what happens if the microwave breaks?

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Explains how to visualize a common household equipment like microwave in the object oriented paradigm.
Shows the top level objects and how they interact with other objects. Identifies the advantages of a system built from components, such as the microwave oven.

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Consider a typical house in which there are several bedrooms, a kitchen, and a laundry room—each with a distinct function. You sleep in the bedroom, you wash clothes in the laundry room, and you cook in the kitchen. Each room encapsulates all the items needed to complete the necessary tasks.
What you have is a set of well-defined components: Each provides a single service to communicate with the other components using simple messages when something needs to be done. If ...

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