The Object Data Standard
ODMG 3.0
- 1st Edition - April 4, 2000
- Latest edition
- Editors: R. G. Cattell, Douglas K. Barry, Mark Berler, Jeff Eastman, David Jordan, Conn Russell, Olaf Schadow, Torsten Stanienda, Fernando Velez
- Language: English
This isn't a book about the Object Data Standard; it's the complete,fully authoritative version of the standard itself, presented by theresearchers who developed it. This book pr… Read more
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This isn't a book about the Object Data Standard; it's the complete,fully authoritative version of the standard itself, presented by theresearchers who developed it. This book provides all the detailscomprising ODMG 3.0, making the latest version of the specificationthe most mature and most flexible yet.
When it comes to storing objects in databases, ODMG 3.0 is astandard with which you need to be familiar-whether you design,develop, or implement object database products, object-to-relationaldatabase mapping products, or applications based on these products.
* Documents all the changes found in version 3.0, including enhancements to the Java language binding, greater semantic precision, and various improvements and corrections throughout the standard.
* Pays special attention to the broadening of the standard to support recent developments in object-to-database mappings (ODMs) that allow objects to be stored in relational databases.
* Provides a way to write Java, C++, or Smalltalk code that works with the entire spectrum of database products, while taking full advantage of your organization's preferred platform.
* Continues to cover everything retained from version 2.0, including key details relating to C++, Smalltalk, and Object Query Language.
* Establishes a level of stability for this increasingly important specification.
1. Overview
1.1 Background
1.2 Major Components
1.3 Participants
1.4 History and Status
2. Object Model
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Types: Specifications and Implementations
2.3 Objects
2.4 Literals
2.5 The Full Built-in Type Hierarchy
2.6 Modeling State-Properties
2.7 Modeling Behavior-Operations
2.8 Metadata
2.9 Locking and Concurrency Control
2.10 Transaction Model
2.11 Database Operations
3. Object Specification Languages
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Object Definition Language
3.3 Object Interchange Format
4. Object Query Language
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Principles
4.3 Query Input and Result
4.4 Dealing with Object Identity
4.5 Path Expressions
4.6 Undefined Values
4.7 Method Invoking
4.8 Polymorphism
4.9 Operator Composition
4.10 Language Definition
4.11 Syntactical Abbreviations
4.12 OQL Syntax
5. C++ Binding
5.1 Introduction
5.2 C++ ODL
5.3 C++ OML
5.4 C++ OQL
5.5 Schema Access
5.6 Example
6. Smalltalk Binding
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Smalltalk ODL
6.3 Smalltalk OML
6.4 Smalltalk OQL
6.5 Schema Access
6.6 Future Directions
7. Java Binding
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Java ODL
7.3 Java OML
7.4 Java OQL
7.5 Property File
Appendices
Comparison with the OMG Object Model
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Purpose
A.3 Components and Profiles
A.4 Type Hierarchy
A.5 The ORB Profile
A.6 Other Standards Groups
Biographies
Index
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: April 4, 2000
- Language: English
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R. G. Cattell
R.G.G. Cattell is chair of the ODMG and a DistinguishedEngineer in the Java Software Division of Sun Microsystems.He has been with Sun for fifteen years and before that worked forten years at Xerox PARC and at Carnegie Mellon University. He isbest known for his contributions to database systems, particularlyobject-oriented databases and database user interfaces. He is theauthor of fifty papers and five books on database systems and othertopics.
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Douglas K. Barry
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