Database evolution on an orthogonal persistent programming system: A semi-transparent approach

In this paper the problem of the evolution of an object-oriented database in the context of orthogonal persistent programming systems is addressed. We have observed two characteristics in that type of systems that offer particular conditions to implement the evolution in a semi-transparent fashion....

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Main Author: Pereira, Rui Humberto (author)
Other Authors: Perez-Schofield, J. Baltasar García (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/8272
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:recipp.ipp.pt:10400.22/8272
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Summary:In this paper the problem of the evolution of an object-oriented database in the context of orthogonal persistent programming systems is addressed. We have observed two characteristics in that type of systems that offer particular conditions to implement the evolution in a semi-transparent fashion. That transparency can further be enhanced with the obliviousness provided by the Aspect-Oriented Programming techniques. Was conceived a meta-model and developed a prototype to test the feasibility of our approach. The system allows programs, written to a schema, access semi-transparently to data in other versions of the schema.