An object-oriented persistent database interface for CAD

• Published in: Proceedings of the conference on European design automation pp. 363 - 367
• Main Authors: Sim, M. N., Dewilde, P. M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Los Alamitos, CA, USA IEEE Computer Society Press 12.03.1990
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Applied computing; Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering; Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering > Engineering; Applied computing > Physical sciences and engineering > Engineering > Computer-aided design; Information systems; Information systems > Data management systems; Information systems > Data management systems > Database management system engines; Software and its engineering; Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools; Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools > Development frameworks and environments; Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools > Development frameworks and environments > Integrated and visual development environments
• ISBN: 9780818620249; 0818620242
• DOI: 10.5555/949970.950052

Much activity in the database community is focused on providing database support to the application programmer in a user-friendly environment that improves productivity and encourages software re-use. Object-oriented and Persistent programming are two emerging paradigms that are considered essential to create such an environment. One approach is to converge programming languages and databases to a coherent and consistent whole. Such systems are not yet ready to replace database systems with procedural interfaces, due to lack of standard or degraded speed. We consider a front end based on the two paradigms for the Nelsis CAD system. We discuss what kind of persistent environment is required and how to create it, with emphasis on the stringent time efficiency requirements of CAD database systems.