C interfaces and implementations: techniques for creating reusable software, paperback/david r. hanson

Contributor(s): Author: David R.

Hanson creating reusable software modules; they are the building blocks of large, reliable applications.

Unlike some modern object-oriented languages, C provides little linguistic support or motivation for creating reusable application programming interfaces (APIs).

While most C programmers use APIs and the libraries that implement them in almost every application they write, relatively few programmers create and disseminate new, widely applicable APIs.

C Interfaces and Implementations shows how to create reusable APIs using interface-based design, a language-independent methodology that separates interfaces from their implementations.

This methodology is explained by example.

The author describes in detail 24 interfaces and their implementations, providing the reader with a thorough understanding of this design approach.

Features of C Interfaces and Implementations: * Concise interface descriptions that comprise a reference manual for programmers interested in using the interfaces.

* A guided tour of the code that implements each chapters interface tp help those modifying or extending an interface or designing related interfaces.

* In-depth focus on algorithm engineering: how to packag.