Data-driven design
Encyclopedia
In computer programming
, data-driven programming is a programming paradigm
in which the program statements describe the data to be matched and the processing required rather than defining a sequence of steps to be taken. Adapting abstract data type
design methods to object-oriented programming
results in a data-driven design. This type of design is used in object-oriented programming to define classes during the conception of a piece of software. Data-driven programming has been argued to lead to bad object-oriented design, with responsibility-driven design
promoted as a better approach.
Computer programming
Computer programming is the process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. This source code is written in one or more programming languages. The purpose of programming is to create a program that performs specific operations or exhibits a...
, data-driven programming is a programming paradigm
Programming paradigm
A programming paradigm is a fundamental style of computer programming. Paradigms differ in the concepts and abstractions used to represent the elements of a program and the steps that compose a computation A programming paradigm is a fundamental style of computer programming. (Compare with a...
in which the program statements describe the data to be matched and the processing required rather than defining a sequence of steps to be taken. Adapting abstract data type
Abstract data type
In computing, an abstract data type is a mathematical model for a certain class of data structures that have similar behavior; or for certain data types of one or more programming languages that have similar semantics...
design methods to object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm using "objects" – data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as data abstraction,...
results in a data-driven design. This type of design is used in object-oriented programming to define classes during the conception of a piece of software. Data-driven programming has been argued to lead to bad object-oriented design, with responsibility-driven design
Responsibility-driven design
Responsibility-driven design is a design technique in Object-oriented programming. It was proposed by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Brian Wilkerson who defined it as follows:Responsibility-driven design is inspired by the client/server model...
promoted as a better approach.