TY - GEN

T1 - Object database evolution using separation of concerns

AU - Rashid, Awais

AU - Sawyer, Peter

PY - 2000

Y1 - 2000

N2 - This paper proposes an object database evolution approach based on separation of concerns. The lack of customisability and extensibility in existing evolution frameworks is a consequence of using attributes at the meta-object level to implement links among meta-objects and the injection of instance adaptation code directly into the class versions. The proposed approach uses dynamic relationships to separate the connection code from meta-objects and aspects - abstractions used by Aspect-Oriented Programming to localise cross-cutting concerns - to separate the instance adaptation code from class versions. The result is a customisable and extensible evolution framework with low maintenance overhead.

AB - This paper proposes an object database evolution approach based on separation of concerns. The lack of customisability and extensibility in existing evolution frameworks is a consequence of using attributes at the meta-object level to implement links among meta-objects and the injection of instance adaptation code directly into the class versions. The proposed approach uses dynamic relationships to separate the connection code from meta-objects and aspects - abstractions used by Aspect-Oriented Programming to localise cross-cutting concerns - to separate the instance adaptation code from class versions. The result is a customisable and extensible evolution framework with low maintenance overhead.

U2 - 10.1145/369275.369281

DO - 10.1145/369275.369281

M3 - Letter

VL - 29

SP - 26

EP - 33

JO - ACM SIGMM Records

JF - ACM SIGMM Records

SN - 1947-4598

PB - ACM Press

ER -