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Object‐oriented data management based on abstract data types
Author(s) -
Annevelink J.,
Dewilde P.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380171102
Subject(s) - computer science , extension (predicate logic) , data management , object oriented programming , data type , set (abstract data type) , abstract data type , data structure , transformation (genetics) , data transformation , programming language , object (grammar) , database design , data model (gis) , database , data warehouse , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
The computer‐aided design of dedicated pipelined processors for numerical applications and signal processing requires design tools that support system refinement, partitioning strategies and the transformation of behavioural descriptions into structure. This in turn poses problems of design data management which are considered here. We show that an object‐oriented data management system is a step towards solving the problems. The method proposed here is based on a systematic specification of data structures and data access methods, using abstract data type specifications. As a result, the data management is completely transparent to the application programs. The data‐management system is written in Enhanced C (EC), a set‐orientated extension of the language C.