ObjectOriented Design and Patterns Author:Cay S. Horstmann An object-oriented design text that's student oriented too! — Now updated to reflect the innovations of Java 5.0, Cay Horstmann's Object-Oriented Design & Patterns, 2nd Edition continues to offer a student-oriented guide to object-oriented design. — Drawing from his extensive experience as a programmer and teacher, Horstmann helps you appreciate t... more »he value of object-oriented design principles, and gives you a context for applying these principles and techniques in your own designs. Throughout the text, outstanding pedagogy, carefully developed exercises and examples, and a strong emphasis on problem solving make object-oriented design principles accessible to readers with limited programming experience.