Modeling active object-oriented database applications using multi-level diagrams

Abstract

Active object-oriented database systems (AOODBSs) are based on the object-oriented paradigm and provide an event driven behavior for implementing time critical reactions by integrating event-condition-action (ECA) rules to the database. We focus on the modeling aspects of AOODBSs. We propose an integrated approach, called A/OODBMT (Active Object-Oriented Database Modeling Technique), which integrates and extends the Object Modeling Technique (OMT) method for conceptually designing active object-oriented database applications. A/OODBMT models database applications by defining and integrating four new types of models, namely the nested object model (NOM), the behavior model (BM), the nested rule model (NRM), and the nested event model (NEM).