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Aggregation,

Association,
Templates
CS 200
Learning Objectives
• Composition in context
• Aggregation
• Association
• Function templates
Composition vs Inheritance
• Objects inherit from other types in inheritance
• Object get composed of other types in
composition
• Functionally, aren’t they the same?
• Semantics:
• Inheritance is used in an is-a relationship
• Composition is used in a has-a relationship
• Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)
• A derived class object should be usable instead of a
base class object
• Common interface, same behavior 3
A WebBrowser class with
a collection of Tab
objects

Further An EmailClient class


with a collection of
practice Email objects

A game Sprite with an


inventory of Items
(could be hierarchy)

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Aggregation
• A “membership” relationship
• Weak ownership
• The aggregate object does not manage the part’s
lifetime
• The part(s) can exist independently of the aggregate
• Example:
• Team – Athlete
• Network – Computer
• Route – Vehicle
• Playlist – Songs
• Event – Calendar
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Properties of Aggregation
• Part objects can be shared between multiple
aggregates
• An athlete can be part of multiple teams
• A computer can be connected to multiple networks
• Destroying the aggregate doesn’t destroy the
parts
• Tearing down a network doesn’t kill the computer
• Dissolving a team doesn’t exterminate the athletes
• Removing a part doesn’t impair the aggregate
• Removing a computer doesn’t eliminate the network
• Removing a vehicle from a fleet doesn’t render the
fleet non-existent 6
Code example
• A Playlist-Song example
• The same song can be added to
multiple playlists
• Removing a song doesn’t affect
the playlist

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Summary
• The Song objects are created on the heap in
main()
• Pointers to some Song objects are added to a
Playlist object
• Song objects can be added/removed from the
Playlist object
• A Song object can be added to multiple Playlist
objects

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A Portfolio class in which
different Stock objects can be
added
Android Newsfeed that aggregates
Articles from various sources
Further
A travel Itinerary class that
practic aggregates Flight, CarRental,
and Hotel booking objects
e A Quiz object aggregates some
questions from a Question pool

A Scene in a video game


aggregates multiple Sprite
objects, the Hero, and a
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UML Notation - Composition

Part2

1 1 1 1
Part1 Whole Part3
UML Notation - Aggregation

Part2

1 1 1 1
Part1 Whole Part3
Association
• Alternate: association separate from
aggregation and composition
• Not a part-whole relationship, but more of a
peer relationship
• Also, bidirectional
• Examples:
• Doctor-Patient
• Author-Book
• Actor-Movie
• Customer-Order
Let’s code

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