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A Simple Object Storage System

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Persistent Object Systems

Part of the book series: Workshops in Computing ((WORKSHOPS COMP.))

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We describe the Object Storage System (OSS) of the distributed object oriented operating system SOS. Our experience suggests that it is possible to cleanly integrate an efficient object storage system in an existing object-oriented language, with out special language constructs. The two key elements in our system are: separating the stored objects from their containers (which are objects too); and a generalized pointer type, which allows to efficiently refer to an object, within its container, in a location-independent manner.

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  1. Institut National de la Recherche en Informatique et Automatique Rocquencourt, France

    Marc Shapiro & Laurence Mosseri

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© 1990 British Computer Society

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Shapiro, M., Mosseri, L. (1990). A Simple Object Storage System. In: Persistent Object Systems. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3173-1_18

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3173-1_18

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-19626-6

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-3173-1

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