A Shared Object Hierarchy

Abstract

This paper describes the design and proposed implementation of a shared object hierarchy. The object hierarchy is stored in a relational database and objects referenced by an application program are cached in the program's address space. The paper describes the database representation for the object hierarchy and the use of POSTGRES, a next-generation relational database management system, to implement object referencing efficiently. The shared object hierarchy system will be used to implement Object FADS, an object- oriented programming environment for interactive database applications that will be the main programming interface to POSTGRES.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 06, 1987
Accession Number
ADA179321

Entities

People

  • Lawrence A. Rowe

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Hierarchies
  • Language
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Programming Languages
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Relational Databases
  • Side Effects
  • Smalltalk Programming Language

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Computer Vision.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects