Object-oriented Database Systems: Approaches and Architectures

The emergence of Java as the dominant object oriented programming language has resulted in upcoming OODBMS products such as Ozone, which are purely Java based. It has also resulted in upgradation of existing OODBMS products extending their features with Java environment. In the ORDBMS product line, Oracle 9i and DB2 are offering considerable object oriented database features. All these new developments are discussed in the Second Edition. The first edition of this compact text evoked good response from the readers. The new edition continues to provide a good exposure on object database systems, in terms of different approaches to object data management as well as the various architectures of object database systems. The three major approaches, semantic database systems approach, object-oriented programming language extension approach, and relational extension approach (leading to object relational system) are covered in detail. Exercises have been added at the end of each chapter to sharpen the analytical abilities of the reader. The book will be extremely useful to computer professionals and postgraduate students studying courses in database systems area. The emergence of Java as the dominant object oriented programming language has resulted in upcoming OODBMS products such as Ozone, which are purely Java based. It has also resulted in upgradation of existing OODBMS products extending their features with Java environment. In the ORDBMS product line, Oracle 9i and DB2 are offering considerable object oriented database features. All these new developments are discussed in the Second Edition. The first edition of this compact text evoked good response from the readers. The new edition continues to provide a good exposure on object database systems, in terms of different approaches to object data management as well as the various architectures of object database systems. The three major approaches, semantic database systems approach, object-oriented programming language extension approach, and relational extension approach (leading to object relational system) are covered in detail. Exercises have been added at the end of each chapter to sharpen the analytical abilities of the reader. The book will be extremely useful to computer professionals and postgraduate students studying courses in database systems area.