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We present the uniform meta-architecture of the TIGUKAT object model and show how it provides reflection in objectbase management systems. Reflection is the ability for a system to manage information about itself and to access (or reason about) this information through the regular access primitives of the model. The TIGUKAT object model is purely behavioral in nature, supports full encapsulation of objects, defines a clear separation between primitive components such as types, classes, collections, behaviors, functions, etc., and incorporates a uniform semantics over objects. The architecture of its meta-system is uniformly represented within itself, which gives a clean semantics for reflection.
This research is supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada under research grant OGP0951.
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Peters, R.J., özsu, M.T. (1994). Reflection in a uniform behavioral object model. In: Elmasri, R.A., Kouramajian, V., Thalheim, B. (eds) Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '93. ER 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 823. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0024355
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