The Design and Implementation of Database-Access Middleware for Live Object-Oriented Programming

Authors

Adam H. Mitz, Washington University in St. Louis
Kenneth J. Goldman, Washington University in St. Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Publication Date

2004-09-01

Filename

wucse-2004-76.pdf

Technical Report Number

WUCSE-2004-76

Abstract

We describe middleware and programming environment tools (JPie/qt) that allow programmers to access relational databases in an object-oriented way. Building on top of the JDBC API and leveraging live dynamic class creation and modification in JPie, the JPie/qt middleware presents the user with a simple interactive mechanism for creating object-oriented applications that access databases. Classes are generated mirroring the database schema and programmers deal directly with these classes. Objects of these classes can be database-bound, so reads and writes to their fields are reflected in the relational database immediately. Database transactions are supported by connecting commit and rollback to Java exception semantics.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7833QB2

Recommended Citation

Mitz, Adam H. and Goldman, Kenneth J., "The Design and Implementation of Database-Access Middleware for Live Object-Oriented Programming" Report Number: WUCSE-2004-76 (2004). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/1046