The Ode Object-Oriented Database Management System: An Overview

Abstract

The Ode object-oriented database management system is based on the C++ object paradigm. Ode uses one integrated data model (C++ classes) for both database and general purpose manipulation. Ode provides multiple object-compatible interfaces for accessing the database: (1) the O++ database programming language, which is an extension of C++, (2) OdeView, which is an X-based graphical interface, (3) OdeFS, which is a file-system interface, and (4) CQL++, which in an SQL interface.

In this paper, I will briefly review object-oriented database systems and then discuss Ode. In particular, I will discuss O++ in detail, because it is the primary Ode interface, and summarize the other interfaces. I will also discuss some of the design issues faced by us. I will give a brief summary of Ode’s storage manager, describe Ode’s proposed active database facilities, and then discuss transaction primitives for allowing users to define their own custom transaction models.