Abstract

The development of multimedia applications is a complex task. Much of this complexity stems from requirements associated with programming multiple media objects and the control of dependences and inter-relationships between these media objects and the user(s). It is clearly necessary to have a basic framework on which to build multimedia applications in the face of such complexities. Such a conceptual model is what we have called an object model and it is the main subject of this paper. The MADE object model represents a novel approach to multimedia application programming that is founded on the two principal concepts of active objects and delegation. Although these concepts are not novel in themselves, we believe that their combined use in a multimedia development environment represents a substantial enhancement to more traditional approaches to programming in this area. AMS Subject Classification (1991): 68N15 CR Subject Classification (1991): D.1.5,D.2.2,H.5.1,I.3.2 Keywords & Phrases: Multimedia programming, object models, active objects, concurrency, delegation. Note: This paper will be published in the journal "Computer Graphics Forum", 12(3) (Eurographics'93 Conference Issue). 1.

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