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Chapter 5 - Object-Oriented Database Model

This document discusses key concepts of object-oriented database models including objects, classes, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and persistence. An object represents an entity with a state, behavior, and identity. A class defines the type of an object. Objects can be composed into complex nested structures. Encapsulation combines data and methods within an object. Inheritance allows classes to extend other classes, sharing state and behavior. Polymorphism enables an object to behave differently in response to the same message. Persistence permanently stores an object's property values.

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Chapter 5 - Object-Oriented Database Model

This document discusses key concepts of object-oriented database models including objects, classes, encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, and persistence. An object represents an entity with a state, behavior, and identity. A class defines the type of an object. Objects can be composed into complex nested structures. Encapsulation combines data and methods within an object. Inheritance allows classes to extend other classes, sharing state and behavior. Polymorphism enables an object to behave differently in response to the same message. Persistence permanently stores an object's property values.

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Part 2: Fundamental Database Management Systems


Episode 5: Object-Oriented Database Model
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
2.5.1 What is Object?
- It refers to an abstract concept that generally represents an
entity of interest in the enterprise to be modeled by a
database application.
- An object has to reflect a state and some behavior.
- The object’s state shows the internal structure of the object
and the internal structure are the properties of the object.
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
2.5.2 Object Identity, Object Structure and Type
Constructors
- Class: A class essentially defines the type of the object
where each object is viewed as an instance of the class.
- Complex Objects: Complex objects or nested relations are
objects which are designed by combining simple objects.
- These objects used to be created by constructors.
- Object Identity: An object identity is an internal identifier
of object that could not be changed.
- An object identity (iod) remains constant during object
lifetime.
- It is used by object database to uniquely identify the object
whose attributes can change in contrast to relational
database which does not allow the attributes changing for a
tuple in the table.
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
- Object Structure: A class object contains information about
the state described but attributes and the behavior allowed
by methods.
- Type Constructors: Also called type generator, a type
constructor is particular kind of method in a class.
- It is called to create an object of this class and initialize its
attributes.
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
2.5.3 Encapsulation of Operations, Methods and Persistence
- Encapsulation of Operations: Encapsulation consists to
gather data and methods within a structure with interface
in order to hide the object implementation.
- Persistence Storing: permanently the values of properties
of an object is called object persistence.
- In other words, persistence refers to the ability for objects
to remain after stopping the process that created them.
- Methods: In object-oriented approach, the behavior of an
object is described by a set of operations that are called
methods.
- A method has a signature that describes the name of the
method and the names and types of the method
parameters.
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
2.5.4 Type Hierarchies and Inheritance
- In object-oriented approach, there is the possible to define
class hierarchies and to express the inheritance of state and
behavior.
- Inherited objects are related by “Is-a” relationships.
- Polymorphism: Also called overloading, polymorphism refers
to the capability of an object to behave differently to same
message.
- Multiple Inheritances: When an object inherits from only one
class, we have simple inheritance.
- But, when an object inherits from two or more classes, it is
multiple inheritances.
- Late binding: Polymorphism is used with late binding, which
means that the translation of an operation name to its
appropriate method implementation must be dynamically
resolved.
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
Special Thanks to the publisher and author with:
2.5 Object-Oriented Database
Model
TOPICS AND THE CONCEPTS:
Object-Oriented Database Model
Polymorphism
Encapsulation
Inheritance
Object Identity
Object Structure
Object Constructors

REFERENCES:
Fundamental Database Management Systems (6th Edition) by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navaathe
Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation, and Management (6th Edition) by
Thomas Connolly, Carolyn Begg

PRESENTED BY:
Mohammed Nebil

HISTORY OF THE PROGRAMMING:


Boyce Codd

SPECIAL THANKS:
Digital Library of Educations
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Educations
Ethiopian Education Short Note

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