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We attempt to widen the scope in which object views are typically set, following the paradigms of programming languages rather than traditional database concepts, such as relational/object algebras or calculi. A well-known environment stack is used as a semantic basis for definitions of query operators. In this setting naming, scoping and binding are central issues and a virtual (non-materialised) database view is a stored function. A function output is a structure built upon atomic values, references and names. Such functions perfectly simulate virtual objects and virtual classes. The approach can be coupled with the query modification technique based on macro-substitution. It significantly reduces performance problems related to processing views. The approach is relevant to object query languages such as OQL.
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Subieta, K., Plodzien, J. (2001). Object Views and Query Modification. In: Barzdins, J., Caplinskas, A. (eds) Databases and Information Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9636-7_1
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