Object-Oriented Oracle

Description

Object orientation has now invaded traditional relational database-management systems. Oracle™ without exception has included object-oriented features in its system. SQL is now richer due to these additional features. However, the object-oriented elements in Oracle™ will not be fully utilized without a proper database design. For example, a database application designed using a traditional database modeling, such as entity-relationship (E/R) modeling, will not be able to make use of most object-oriented features in Oracle™. This is simply due to the absence of object-oriented elements in the design. Even with a proper object-oriented design, without careful transformation from design to implementation, many of the object-oriented features will be lost. Object-Oriented Oracle™ addresses this need by not only explaining the new object-oriented features in Oracle™, but most importantly how these features can be fully utilized in database applications. We put a heavy emphasize on how an object-oriented conceptual model is implemented in Oracle™. This includes the static aspect of an object-oriented conceptual model, including the inheritance, association, and aggregation relationships, as well as the dynamic aspect covering generic object-oriented methods and user-defined queries